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Aurelio: Laru Beya – review

5038 days ago
Guardian Music — (Real World)Originated on the Honduran coast and completed in Senegal, Laru Beya ("By the Beach") gives "mid-Atlantic" a different meaning. Aurelio Martinez, a leading light among Central America's Garifuna people, was sponsored to explore the music ... more info
Aurelio Martinez Youssou N'Dour

Cheikh Lô – review

5060 days ago
Guardian Music — Scala, LondonCheikh Lô is his own worst enemy. At his best, he's one of Africa's most brilliant musicians, a distinctive, soulful singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who can cover anything from funk to mbalax and ballads. He gave some extr... more info
Youssou N'Dour

World Festival of Black Arts: a once in a decade event

5071 days ago
Guardian Music — How Britain's Kwame Kwei-Armah amassed 6,000 artists for a festival that has only happened three times in 40 yearsHow did a British actor and playwright end up curating a massive festival of black culture in Africa? Speaking on Skype from Dakar, Sene... more info
Wyclef Jean Youssou N'Dour Baaba Maal Akon

Tiken Jah Fakoly: African Revolution – review

5145 days ago
Guardian Music — (Wrasse)Reggae has been a major force in African music ever since Bob Marley visited the continent, but it has often been difficult for African performers to produce a distinctively African reggae fusion. Youssou N'Dour's Dakar-Kingston, partly recor... more info
Bob Marley Bob Marley & The Wailers Youssou N'Dour

Africa: 50 Years of Music

5171 days ago
Guardian Music — From established stars such as Youssou N'Dour, Miriam Makeba, Fela Kuti and Manu Dibango to forgotten acts of past decades, a historic music collection marking 50 years of African self-rule is unsurpassedIn 1960, British prime minister Harold Macmill... more info
Youssou N'Dour Fela Kuti Salif Keita Baaba Maal Damon Albarn Vampire Weekend Orchestra Baobab

African music the actual African diaspora likes

5187 days ago
Guardian Music — What is Britain's African disapora listening to? Surprise: it's not what we call world music. Jane Cornwell finds out what gets the expats jumpingThe Troxy in east London, and 2,500 pairs of hands are in the air. It's been four years since the R&B du... more info
Tinariwen Kora Salif Keita Baaba Maal Youssou N'Dour Staff Benda Bilili

Ndour Launches Tv Station

5193 days ago
ContactMusic — Celebrated Senegalese singer YOUSSOU N'DOUR has launched his own TV station in his native country.The world music superstar runs a major media group in Dakar and he has... more info
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Cheikh Lô: Jamm | CD review

5201 days ago
Guardian Music — (World Circuit)Five years on from the overproduced, unfocused Lamp Fall, Cheikh Lô is back with an album that reconfirms his position as one of the finest, most soulful singers in west Africa. He may be based in Senegal, but his influences are not ... more info
Youssou N'Dour Orchestra Baobab James Brown Van Morrison

Miriam Makeba - Makeba Bhosle Join Beatles Stones On Icons List

5223 days ago
ContactMusic — Beloved world music superstars MIRIAM MAKEBA, ASHA BHOSLE and YOUSSOU N'DOUR have joined the BEATLES, the ROLLING STONES, MICHAEL JACKSON and MADONNA on a definitive new list... more info
The Beatles Madonna Youssou N'Dour Michael Jackson The Rolling Stones

Youssou N'Dour: Dakar-Kingston | CD review

5229 days ago
Guardian Music — (Decca/Universal) Youssou N'Dour released two outstanding albums this year, the live soundtrack from the film I Bring What I Love, and the exhilarating compilation of his early work, Once Upon a Time in Senegal. Now comes another that sadly provides ... more info
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