Cheikh Lô: Jamm | CD review

(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 restricted to the mbalax of his mentor Youssou N'Dour. Songs range from the gentle Il N'Est Jamais Trop Tard to Ne Parti Pas, a lilting song in "very bad French" from the Ivory Coast, or Seyni, a salsa standard Lô heard when he was growing up in Bu...

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