Catch Bombino on CNN International
The CNN program African Voices recently did a piece on Cumbancha's rising Desert Blues star Bombino, detailing his compelling story as well as his recent accomplishments. The half-hour program is scheduled for it's initial broadcast on Friday, June 8th (7:30 GMT) and will continue to broadcast throughout the week. You will also be able to stream the program online at CNN.com.
Television broadcast schedule:
| DATE | BROADCAST TIME | |
| Friday June 8th | 0730 GMT | 3:30am EST |
| Saturday June 9th | 1430 GMT | 10:30am EST |
| 1730 GMT | 1:30pm EST | |
| Sunday June 10th | 0800 GMT | 4:00am EST |
| Monday June 11th | 0930 GMT | 5:30am EST |
| Tuesday June 12th | 0430 GMT | 12:30am EST |
With the widely-acclaimed international release of Agadez Bombino has established himself as a definitive and timeless African guitarist. "He layers acoustic and electric guitar parts, undergirded by syncopated clapping, hand percussion, and lean bass lines, to form a rhythmically intricate lattice of propulsive licks, acid stabs, and snaking leads. Bombino's clenched, nasal singing perfectly complements the restrained, meditative music, leaping out of the hypnotizing grooves with the force of a spell caster's incantations." - Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
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