Jazz Articles about Baaba Maal
About Baaba Maal
Instrument: Guitar and vocals
Article Coverage | Calendar | Albums | Photos | Similar ArtistsBaaba Maal: Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)

by AAJ Staff
Senegalese singer Baaba Maal has a voice that projects such intensity that it almost doesn't matter what musical setting he chooses, but smaller groups and acoustic instruments do him the most justice. The amazing thing about Missing you (Mi Yeewnii), recorded in the Afro-pop musician's literal backyard, is that it really does sound like a performance at home. It opens with Maal singing characteristically brightly amidst faint cries from children playing in the background (and a rooster crowing a minute ...
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