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Guardian Music — With his love-it-or-hate-it guitar style, soaring voice and Sufi spiritualism, Senegalese star Cheikh Lô has always been a one-off, a product of West Africa's musical crossroadsCheikh Lô is sitting in the driver's seat of an old Mercedes, the chair... more info

MTV.com News — The stars will take the stage at the seventh annual Keep a Child Alive fundraising event.By Mawuse Ziegbe Alicia Keys and Jay-Z Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Alicia Keys, Jay-Z and Sade will all grace the stage at the seventh annual... more info

Guardian Music — (World Village)He's being promoted as "one of Senegal's next great musical exports", but Carlou D is a long-established figure on the Dakar music scene. He was once a member of the socially conscious hip-hop group Positive Black Soul, but for the las... more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: T in the ParkWHEN: July 9-11WHERE: Balado, ScotlandWHO: Jay-Z, Vampire Weekend, Julian Casablancas, Dirty Projectors, Broken Social Scene, Hot Chip, Dizzee Rascal, the Black Keys, Florence and the Machine, Yeasayer, Goldfrapp, Four Tet, Kel... more info

Guardian Music — (Sterns)This is the second outstanding Youssou N'Dour album released this year. First came I Bring What I Love, with its live reworking of songs from across his career. Now follows this two-CD set chronicling "the Birth of Mbalax 1979-81" and the his... more info

Guardian Music — Youssou N'Dour has fallen out with his old friend Abdoulaye Wade, prompting speculation that he will run for officeYoussou N'Dour, the Senegalese musician once described by Rolling Stone magazine as the most famous living African singer, has taken hi... more info

Guardian Music — Musicians plan protests over being left out of opening ceremony in favour of foreign actsIf Alicia Keys performs You Don't Know My Name when she headlines at the opening ceremony of the World Cup on 10 June, she will be echoing the feelings of top So... more info

The Telegraph — Youssou N'Dour's I Bring What I Love is painfully overearnest. Rating: * * more info

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)It goes without saying that Youssou N'Dour has one of the finest, most soulful voices in Africa, if not the world, and that his live shows are exhilarating. But when it comes to recordings, his output has been patchy, from the bravely exper... more info