Like all African cultures, Mauritanian music is performed using traditional instruments, often handcrafted from local materials. The most iconic instruments include the ardin (a harp-lute), the ...

How do you know your highly musical family is a pretty big deal? How about when your grandmother is pictured playing an instrument on your nation’s currency? Noura Mint Seymali hails from a family of ...

It’s not every day that we’re presented with agile and lush female-fronted psych-blues out of Northwest Africa, but we’re sure glad Noura Mint Seymali is doing the damn thing. Hailing from Mauritania, ...