Join us at Retreat for a live performance from Les Filles de Illighadad! Please note that seating is limited and will be available on a first come first serve basis.

Les Filles de Illighadad come from a secluded commune in central Niger, far off in the scrubland deserts at the edge of the Sahara. The lead vocalist and performer, Fatou Seidi Ghali, is one of the only Tuareg female guitarists in Niger. In her youth, she would sneak away with her older brother’s guitar to teach herself how to play.  In lieu of the djembe or the drum kit, Les Filles de Illighadad incorporate the traditional drum and the pounding calabash, half buried in water. The forgotten inspiration of Tuareg guitar, they are reclaiming its importance in the genre and reclaiming the music of tende.

It takes its name from a drum, built from a goat skin stretched across a…