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Tag: Senegalese music

Album reviews

Passionate Songs and Infectious Afro-Cuban and Senegalese Rhythms

Angel Romero May 21, 2017 No Comments AfrocubanOrchestra BaobabSenegalSenegalese music

Orchestra Baobab – Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng (Word Circuit WC092, 2017) It’s no surprise that ‘Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng’, the new album by Senegalese band…

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Charts

Orchestra Baobab’s ‘Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng’ Reaches Number 1 at Transglobal World Music Chart

Angel Romero May 4, 2017 No Comments Orchestra BaobabSenegalSenegalese music

‘Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng’, the new album by the iconic Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab has reached the top of the Transglobal World Music Chart. The…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Ousseynou Kouyate

Angel Romero December 19, 2016 No Comments koraOusseynou KouyateSenegalSenegalese music

Ousseynou Kouyate was a member of the National Ballet of Senegal for seven years before moving to Berkeley with his twin brother Assane and starting…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Cheikh Lô

Angel Romero September 16, 2016 No Comments Cheikh LôSenegalese musicworld music

Cheikh Lô is one of the great trailblazers of African music. A superb singer and songwriter as well as a distinctive guitarist, percussionist and drummer…

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Artist Profiles: Omar Pene

Angel Romero August 17, 2016 No Comments Omar PeneSenegalSenegalese musicSuper Diamono

Omar Pene (born 1956 in Dakar) is the iconic lead singer of the Super Diamono. He was born in the working class neighborhood of Derkle,…

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Tour Announcements

Senegalese M’balax Star Pape Cheikh Diouf Announces North American Tour 2016

Angel Romero June 16, 2016 No Comments mbalaxPape Cheikh DioufSenegalese music

Celebrated Senegalese artist Pape Cheikh Diouf wil be touring North America in July and August. He derives his music on his family’s guewel (griot) traditions…

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Album reviews

Reflection of Élage Diouf’s Musical Journey

Angel Romero April 4, 2016 No Comments AfropopbluesReggaeSenegalese music

Élage Diouf – Melokáane (Pump Up The World, 2015) Quebec-based Senegalese singer-songwriter and percussionist Élage Diouf incorporates various musical traditions in his latest album titled…

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General News

Transglobal World Music Chart for February 2016

World Music Central News Room January 31, 2016 No Comments Senegalese musicworld music

Senegalese artist Baaba Maal’s new album The Traveller is the number one album of the Transglobal World Music Chart in February 2016. The Traveller was…

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Album reviews

Senegal Got the Blues

Angel Romero January 26, 2016 No Comments bluesSenegalese music

The West African Blues Project brings together Senegalese vocalist and percussionist Modou Toure (son of Toure Kunda singer Ousmane Toure) and British blues guitarist Ramon…

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New Releases

Nonesuch Records releases Youssou N’Dour’s Rokku Mi Rokka in North America

World Music Central News Room November 4, 2007 Senegalese musicYoussou N'Dour

New York (NY), USA – Senegalese star Youssou N’Dour has a new album titled Rokku Mi Rokka (Give And Take) . The album follows N’Dour’s…

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