Youssou N'Dour: Dakar-Kingston | CD review

(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 a reminder that he finds it difficult to bring the same passion to his studio recordings. For this album, recorded in Jamaica and Senegal, he adds a reggae beat to his own material, rather than bring a Senegalese treatment to Jamaican classics. He's...

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