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Mdou Moctar At The Brooklyn Academy Of Music Opera House

by Dave Kaufman
March 5, 2022

Mdou Moctar has a reputation for engrossing live performances and this concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House (BAM) on Friday, 25 February, was no exception. He is riding the crest of the popularity of his most recent album, the excellent Afrique Victime, (Matador Records) which made end-of-year best album lists for 2021 in publications such as Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and the New York Times. Moctar played to a sold-out audience in excess of 2100 people. Moctar hails ...