MUSIC

Mdou Moctar: Afrique Victime / Bartees Strange

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022
7:30 PM

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
30 Lafayette Ave, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

$28-$35
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If you don’t know it already, North African desert guitar music is THE SHIT — and Mdou Moctar is this year’s exemplar. Bartees Strange does distinctive singer-songwriter R&B (and just when you think he could use a fast song, he comes up with one). This kicks off a concert series curated by poet/critic Hanif Abdurraqib, who’s done what is by far some of the best music writing of the last few years.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: No, all African food isn’t the same, and no, Ethiopian food has nothing to do with the Tuareg culture from which North African desert guitar music arises. But Bati Ethiopian Kitchen is a good spot nonetheless.