Niger-born Tuareg guitar virtuoso Bombino, who dropped Azel April 1, is back stateside to kick off a North American tour in mid-July. The run includes two dates with Femi Kuti (Celebrate Brooklyn & Brooklyn Bowl) and he is also confirmed to play Austin City Limits and Joshua Tree’s Desert Daze later this fall. On the heels of this tour, Bombino partnered with Tel Aviv-based electronic trio Garden City Movement to give his album track “Iyat Ninhai / Jaguar (A Great Desert I Saw)” a spacey, downtempo remix.

07/17/16 – Ottawa, ON – RBC Bluesfest
07/20/16 – Grand Rapids, MI – Meijer Gardens Amphitheater^^
07/22/16 – Oro Medonte, ON – WayHome Music & Arts Festival
07/23/16 – Brooklyn, NY Celebrate Brooklyn – Prospect Park^^
07/24/16 – Montauk, NY – Surf Lodge
07/25/16 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse
07/26/16 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl
07/27/16 – Baltimore, MD – Creative Alliance
07/28/16 – Floyd, VA – FloydFest
09/30/16 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
10/01/16 – Phoenix, AZ – Musical Instrument Museum
10/02/16 – Flagstaff, AZ – Orpheum Theater
10/04/16 – El Prado, NM – Taos Mesa Brewing
10/07/16 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
10/08/16 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
10/09/16 – Chicago, IL – Martyr’s
10/14/16 – Joshua Tree, CA – Desert Daze