Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane: Thiossane – review

(Discograph/Syllart/Sterns Music)Now in his mid-70s, Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane is one of the great veterans of the Senegalese music scene, and yet this is his debut solo album. He first became famous across West Africa back in the 60s, when he was championed by his country's then-president, Léopold Senghor, and his song Talene Lamp Yi (re-recorded for this set) was chosen as the theme for the 1966 Arts Nègres festival in Dakar, where Thiossane impressed Duke Ellington. Later he sang with the ...

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