Bombino's "Nomad" Debuts at #1 on Billboard World Music Chart, "Introduces a New Guitar Hero" (Rolling Stone, Four Stars)

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Bombino's Nonesuch Records debut album, Nomad, has earned the top spot on the Billboard World Music album chart, landing at #1 in its first week of release. The album, produced by Dan Auerbach, has earned four stars in Rolling Stone. “Bombino’s style is raw, spacious, tuneful, deeply hypnotic and remarkably fluid—even when he’s shooting rapid-fire notes, the effect is like ripples gently unfurling in a pond," writes Rolling Stone's Will Hermes. “A perfect match of sound and soul, the set introduces a new guitar hero, and confirms Auerbach’s arrival as a roots-music producer to be reckoned with.”

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Bombino's new Nonesuch Records debut album, Nomad, has earned the top spot on the Billboard World Music album chart, landing at #1 in its first week of release. The album, which has already received glowing reviews from NPR's All Things Considered ("a landmark in African rock music") and the Los Angeles Times (for "anyone who has ever appreciated a master player make magic on a Fender"), among others, has now earned four stars in Rolling Stone.

Describing Bombino as “a firebrand guitarist from Niger,” reviewer Will Hermes writes in the magazine: “Bombino’s style is raw, spacious, tuneful, deeply hypnotic and remarkably fluid—even when he’s shooting rapid-fire notes, the effect is like ripples gently unfurling in a pond.”

Hermes goes on to cite producer Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys for his “close attention to detail: the thickness of guitar fuzz and organ tones, the oomph of hand claps, the psychedelic swirl of guitar licks moving across the stereo spectrum.”

The reviewer concludes of Nomad: “A perfect match of sound and soul, the set introduces a new guitar hero, and confirms Auerbach’s arrival as a roots-music producer to be reckoned with.”

Read the complete review at rollingstone.com.

To pick up a copy of Nomad, head to the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the album at checkout.

Bombino is currently in the midst of a month-long tour of Europe, which heads to Paris for a show at Flech d'Or this Thursday and to London's Village Underground the following Thursday. Following shows in Norway, Spain, and Belgium, Bombino and the band head to the United States next month for a number of headline shows and festival sets. For additional details and ticket links, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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  • Tuesday, April 16, 2013
    Bombino's "Nomad" Debuts at #1 on Billboard World Music Chart, "Introduces a New Guitar Hero" (Rolling Stone, Four Stars)

    Bombino's new Nonesuch Records debut album, Nomad, has earned the top spot on the Billboard World Music album chart, landing at #1 in its first week of release. The album, which has already received glowing reviews from NPR's All Things Considered ("a landmark in African rock music") and the Los Angeles Times (for "anyone who has ever appreciated a master player make magic on a Fender"), among others, has now earned four stars in Rolling Stone.

    Describing Bombino as “a firebrand guitarist from Niger,” reviewer Will Hermes writes in the magazine: “Bombino’s style is raw, spacious, tuneful, deeply hypnotic and remarkably fluid—even when he’s shooting rapid-fire notes, the effect is like ripples gently unfurling in a pond.”

    Hermes goes on to cite producer Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys for his “close attention to detail: the thickness of guitar fuzz and organ tones, the oomph of hand claps, the psychedelic swirl of guitar licks moving across the stereo spectrum.”

    The reviewer concludes of Nomad: “A perfect match of sound and soul, the set introduces a new guitar hero, and confirms Auerbach’s arrival as a roots-music producer to be reckoned with.”

    Read the complete review at rollingstone.com.

    To pick up a copy of Nomad, head to the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the album at checkout.

    Bombino is currently in the midst of a month-long tour of Europe, which heads to Paris for a show at Flech d'Or this Thursday and to London's Village Underground the following Thursday. Following shows in Norway, Spain, and Belgium, Bombino and the band head to the United States next month for a number of headline shows and festival sets. For additional details and ticket links, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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