This week All Songs Considered, is brought to you in part by the letter B. Robin Hilton starts it off with Louisiana natives Brass Bed and the group's addictive rock-pop stylings with the song "Cold ...

On Nomad, two disparate geographic regions—Agadez, a Saharan city, and Nashville, “Music City” in Tennessee—are coyly united by the love language of rock & roll. Guitarist Omara Moctar, aka Bombino, ...

In the midst of thrusting drums, claps and chants, there is the mesmerizing thicket of Bombino's guitar — a clear celebration. Of the many (we'll get to that) famed North African guitarists, Bombino ...