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‘Sultan of Shred’ Bombino creates sonic oasis with Saharan blues at Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival (review)
Bombino, the desert bluesman who helped popularize the eclectic, electric sound of the Sahara, showed off his guitar genius Saturday night in the Finger Lakes. The soft-spoken but strong-strumming guitarist hailing from the Tuareg culture of North Africa …