Noura Mint Seymali is the Islamic Republic of Mauritania's defining artist on the international stage.  Drawing deep on the timeless repertoire of the Moorish griot, a hereditary class of musical poet / historians, her band conjures "a full blown sandstorm of hypnotic grooves, melding traditional Mauritanian instruments, like the ardine and tidinite, within an electrified psychedelic rock band.” - The Quietus (UK).  Noura Mint Seymali's debut album - TZENNI (Glitterbeat, 2014) - was hailed as "arguably the best psych / blues album of the year" by Vice/Noisey and charted at #1 on World Music Charts Europe.  Named as "Best Female Artist from North Africa," Noura Mint Seymali was a laureate at the African Union's first ever AFRIMA awards.   Constantly expanding upon a sound born of Arab and Sub-Saharan roots, Noura Mint Seymali bends the arc of Moorish musical tradition to fit our contemporary moment; described by National Public Radio (USA),  “the arrival of Mauritanian vocalist Noura Mint Seymali in front of Western audiences feels like the start of a new era.”