Mdou Moctar will make a living recording on a 1909 wax cylinder at Thomas Edison National Historical Park next month/HO

A recording artist from Niger will perform live at Thomas Edison National Historical Park next month, and the show will be recorded on a 1909 wax cylinder phonograph.

Guitarist Mdou Moctar and his band from Agadez, Niger of Western Africa, will perform on Wednesday, May 2, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Internet users can watch live streaming video of the recording session via the park’s Facebook page. During this approximately 45-minute online program, the band will record a few “takes,” and a museum curator will explain the process as they work. In-person seating is available but limited, advance reservations are required. You can reserve seats via this website, or by calling 973-736-0550, extension 89.

Mdou Moctar is a Tuareg musician and songwriter. He performs modern electronic adaptations of Tuareg guitar music. His music achieved first acclaim in West Africa through a trading network of MP3 recordings on cellphones and memory cards.

Playing a left-handed Fender Stratocaster, he sings about Islam, education, love and peace. Since 2008, Mdou Moctar has released four albums, and has appeared on several compilation albums. In 2015, he had the starring role in the world's first feature film in a Tuareg language, Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai, which translates as "Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It," an homage to Prince's Purple Rain.

His music has been featured on the BBC, NPR, in The Guardian, Pitchfork, New Yorker, L.A. Weekly, Rolling Stone, Les Inrocks, and his film has screened at festivals around the world. Mdou Moctar and his band embark on their second tour of the United States in May this year.