Tal National

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Tal National | image = | origin = Niamey, Niger | genre = West African, Neo-traditional | years_active = 2000–present | label = FatCat Records | website = {{URL|talnational.bandcamp.com}} }} '''Tal National''' is a band from Niamey, Niger formed in 2000.<ref name="space538">{{cite web |title=Tal National |url=https://space538.org/event/tal-national/ |publisher=SPACE Gallery |access-date=4 April 2026}}</ref> Founded and led by guitarist Hamadal Issoufou Moumine (known as Almeida), the band plays a style they call neo-traditional music.<ref name="afropop">{{cite web |title=They Find Themselves in Us: An Interview with Tal National |url=https://afropop.org/articles/they-find-themselves-in-us-an-interview-with-tal-national |publisher=Afropop Worldwide |date=2013-11-06 |access-date=4 April 2026}}</ref> They have been described as Niger's most popular band.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tal National brings joyous blend of beats from Niger| url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/04/09/tal-national-brings-joyous-blend-beats-from-niger/jgNqGU5BtVlQjufym7rWXN/story.html|publisher=The Boston Globe |date=2015-04-09 |access-date=4 April 2026}}</ref> The band's membership includes people from several of Niger's ethnic groups, including Songhai, Fulani, Hausa, and Tuareg peoples.<ref name="space538" /> They signed with UK-based FatCat Records in 2013, releasing the albums ''Kaani'', ''Zoy Zoy'', and ''Tantabara'' internationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/site/news/tal-national-sign-to-fatcat|title=FatCat Records|last=DOMH|website=FatCat Records|access-date=13 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414233854/https://www.fat-cat.co.uk/site/news/tal-national-sign-to-fatcat|archive-date=2018-04-14|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/mali-niger-and-algeria-are-producing-some-of-the-planets-most-vital-rock-music-125918/|title=Mali, Niger and Algeria Are Producing Some of the Planet’s Most Vital Rock Music|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=2018-03-12 |access-date=4 April 2026}}</ref>

==Discography== * ''Apokte'' (2006) * ''A-Na Waya'' (2009) * ''Kaani'' (2012; released internationally 2013, FatCat Records) * ''Zoy Zoy'' (2015, FatCat Records) * ''Tantabara'' (2018, FatCat Records) ==See also== *Music of Niger

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Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:Music of Niger