Watch: Mdou Moctar – ‘Live at Smokey’s Wedding – Agadez’

Mdou Moctar have shared a new session video: ‘Live at Smokey’s Wedding, Agadez’. The 14-minute clip documents the band’s short electric set at a traditional Tuareg wedding celebration. “Smokey’s was the last thing we filmed during the 2023 Niger sessions,” explains bassist/producer Mikey Coltun. “It was a wedding we were aware of since we arrived in Agadez. Smokey, our friend, invited us to play. Armed with a zoom recorder and an iPhone we captured this raw footage within an hour.”

The group has been hard at work throughout the summer and fall, including festival sets at Fujirock, Sound and Gravity, Ohanafest, Shaky Knees, and a just-wrapped US tour. The quartet also recently performed an acoustic concert at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, were interviewed on the LSQ podcast, and grace the cover of PHILM’s current print edition.

Watch ‘Live at Smokey’s Wedding, Agadez’ here.