Les Filles de Illighadad | Live at Chicago Music Exchange | Presented by She Shreds

“Les Filles de Illighadad is Revolutionizing Traditional Tuareg Music” - She Shreds
There are only two female Tuareg guitarists in the known world. Fatou Seidi Ghali of the tende duo, Les Filles de Illighadad, is one, but she's ready to change that.

Scattered across the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa, the Tuareg people live a nomadic life, anchored by a strong musical tradition with the guitar at its center. While most Tuareg are musicians in some form or another, the guitar is reserved almost exclusively for men, and with the steady rise of artists like Bombino, Mdou Moctar, and groups like Tinariwen, the world is becoming more and more familiar with the men of Tuareg guitar every day. Fatou Seidi Ghali and Les Filles de Illighadad want us to know about the women too.

We partnered with She Shreds to invite Les Filles de Illighadad, here in Chicago on their first US tour, to play for us in our Lincoln Avenue showroom and asked Fatou about her art, tende music, and what's really important in life.

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How did making music become your life?
I did not imagine that making music will become my work. I just started as a hobby when I was 12 years old, picking up my brother's guitar. Finally, some years ago, someone shot a video of me playing guitar for someone's wedding, and the video turned around the social networks, and then people started contacting me to perform.

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