Rhiannon Giddens and Etran De L’Aïr: City Lights for May 9–11

Rhiannon Giddens and Etran De L’Aïr: City Lights for May 9–11

Friday: Etran De L’Aïr  @ Pearl Street Warehouse Etran De L’Aïr are a guitar-led band from Agadez, Niger, the same city that acclaimed guitarist Mdou Moctar calls home. But where Moctar melds homegrown guitar stylings with American rock influences, Etran De L’Aïr stick to African inspirations such as Northern Malian blues, Congolese soukous, and Hausa bar band stylings from Agadez. Current bandleader Moussa “Abindi” Ibra was just 9 when the grou…