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First Listen: Mdou Moctar, 'Ilana (The Creator)'

The Tuareg musician may have just made the most insane psychedelic guitar album of the 21st century.
Mdou Moctar's <em>Ilana (The Creator)</em> comes out March 29 via Sahel Sounds.

From my vantage point — a white kid growing up on the blistering guitars of my '60s guitar heroes like Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton —

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