'The band is noted for their excellence in the field of West African guitar music and from man Hamadal Issoufou Moumine is one of the genre's best-known guitarists ... their superb talent shines like a diamond through the roughest of lenses." - Pop Matters

"Tal National, a band from Niamey, Niger, combines the musical traditions of many of the different ethnic groups that make up Niger's population, including the Hausa's Fuji percussion, the Tuareg assouf or "blues", and the Songhai's guitar style. The result are upbeat, looping tracks that can be almost hypnotic ... The guitar playing is crazy ripping, the video is a great time, and the overall bundle is the perfect antidote to a summer slumber. Check these guys out-you'll be glad you did" - Afropop Worldwide

"In the music of Tal Notional you hear the history of Niger as a cultrural crossroads along ancient trade routes. Collected within the borders of a former French colony are Songhai, Fulani, Hausa, and Taureg populations all or whom are represented in the musicians of Tal National .... These African roots sounds are all delivered with vinuoso precision and an energetic immediacy that reminds you that this is the sound of nightlife in a modem African city." - Nathanial Braddock I Old Town School of Folk Music