{"id":14556,"date":"2026-04-24T10:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/?page_id=14556"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:10:31","slug":"lagon-nwar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/lagon-nwar\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagon Nwar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid qodef-section vc_custom_1652090445565 qodef-content-aligment-left qodef-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix qodef-section-inner\"><div class=\"qodef-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1491905695911\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"qodef-elements-holder qodef-responsive-mode-768\" ><div class=\"qodef-elements-holder-item\" data-item-class=\"qodef-elements-holder-custom-515514\" data-1024-1280=\"0 14% 0 0\" data-600-768=\"0 0 0 0\" data-480-600=\"0 0 0 4%\" data-480=\"0 0 0 4%\" >\n\t<div class=\"qodef-elements-holder-item-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"qodef-elements-holder-item-content qodef-elements-holder-custom-515514\" style=\"padding: 0 35% 0 0\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1777014518120\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Lagon Nwar (France)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\" translation-block\">Quentin Biardeau (saxophone, keyboards), Valentin Ceccaldi (bass guitar), Marcel Balbon\u00e9 (drums, vocals), Ann O\u2019aro (vocals)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"qodef-separator-holder clearfix  qodef-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffffff;border-style: solid;width: 32px;border-bottom-width: 6px;margin-top: 24px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  archive-artist-anchors\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>It\u2019s been said that Ann O\u2019aro\u2019s voice turns every song into a rousing call for the decolonization of the body. It\u2019s a voice that dares to stare darkness in the eye and challenges listeners to engage deeply with the music of Lagon Nwar, where memories grounded in the land of Burkina Faso meet the dregs of Tri-collectif\u2019s avant-garde, the propulsive power of Creole tradition, the rawness of afro jazz and the weirdness of European pop. With its debut album, this feverish French quartet mocks the very idea of borders, starting a dialogue between the Mascareignes, Paris and Ouagadougou to produce a fresh, electric sound that tastes like salt water, smells like the port and its armaments, and celebrates all those seemingly small things that are as old as life itself. The ritualistic performances of Lagon Nwar can\u2019t fit into album releases and streaming links. They are living, breathing organisms that can only be experienced first-hand.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lagon Nwar (\u0393\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af\u03b1) Quentin Biardeau (\u03c3\u03b1\u03be\u03cc\u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03bf, \u03c0\u03bb\u03ae\u03ba\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1), Valentin Ceccaldi (\u03b7\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u03bc\u03c0\u03ac\u03c3\u03bf), Marcel Balbon\u00e9 (\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03c2, \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03ae), Ann O\u2019aro (\u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03ae) \u039b\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5 \u03c0\u03c9\u03c2...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14532,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14557,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14556\/revisions\/14557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}