Concert: Étran de l’Aïr (Tuareg rock)

Garaj Duro, 39 Rue Ollivier Perrin

Étran de l’Aïr (or The Stars of the Aïr region) welcomes you to Agadez, the capital of Saharan rock! In 25 years of career, Étran has established itself as the flagship band of the local wedding-party circuit. Loved for hypnotic solos and sun-drenched melodies, Étran is a family-based group made up of brothers and cousins from nomadic families who fled the great droughts of the 1970s, now sedentary in the largest city of northern Niger. Where other Tuareg musicians turn to Western rock, Étran de l’Aïr plays in a s…