{"id":99813,"date":"2022-02-23T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/etran-de-lair-de-lair-des-guitares-et-des-etoiles\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T17:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:37:47","slug":"etran-de-lair-air-guitars-and-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/etran-de-lair-air-guitars-and-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Etran de l’A\u00efr: Air, guitars and stars!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are three of them carrying Fender amps, three of them setting up the guitars and the drum set on the stage. But there should have been four of them, four “Stars of A\u00efr” (the English translation of the group\u2019s name, in reference to the stars that shine over the Sahara massif). There should have been four of them for their first trip away from their desert home, like four musketeers united for over 25 years : united to find guitars that sound good, united to buy instruments in Libya or Nigeria, united to tinker with inadequate amps and musical dreams, united like a family that has navigated the hazards of rock music and dunes, the brutal competition of Agadez\u2019s wedding orchestras, and united to even evade musical espionnage and marabout magic spells, in order to finally be able to leave Niger. But the labyrinths of the bureaucracy for obtaining visas hide their ultimate mysteries. And, for whatever the reasons, one of the musicians was not given his sesame to go to Europe.  “So we\u2019re doing whatever it takes with what we have ! We take turns on the instruments in order to be able to play the concerts. It\u2019s so incredible to be here!” says jubilant Abindi when he arrives at the Instants Chavir\u00e9s<\/em> in Montreuil, one of the thirty concert halls that Etran de l\u2019A\u00efr<\/a> rocked on their first trip ot Europe, a hugely successful tour full of miracles, considering the sanitary issues and the number of borders crossed (Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, France, etc).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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