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Dawda Jobarteh: Northern Light Gambian Night
by Chris May
Dawda JobartehNorthern Light Gambian NightSterns Music2011 As the Gaddafis, Assads, Kim Jongs and other poisoned bloodlines (how long have you got?) remind us, dynastic succession is usually bad news. But in African music, bloodlines are benign: from childhood, a musician learns his art from a family elder ...
2011 Festival Awards - The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Honours Sade, Stanley Clarke, Youssou N'dour, Jean-Pierre Zanella and George Wein
Montreal—This year, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal highlights the exceptional contributions to music made by Sade, Stanley Clarke, Youssou N'Dour, Jean-Pierre Zanella, as well as the remarkable oeuvre of George Wein. During this 32nd edition of the Festival, our winners will be presented, respectively, with the Ella Fitzgerald Award, Miles Davis Award, Antonio Carlos ...
Blue Note Jazz Club Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival In New York City
Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Chaka Khan, Bobby McFerrin, The Roots and Many More to Perform in June at this Year's Largest New York Jazz Festival June 1—June 30, 2011 New York, NY—In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Blue Note Jazz Club is opening its doors throughout New York City during the month of June for ...
Unexpected Trends, Emerging Hybrids & Edgy Roots: globalFEST 2011 Artist Lineup
Unexpected Trends, Emerging Hybrids, and Edgy Roots: globalFEST Returns to NYC with 13 Artists on Three Stages, January 9, 2011 Unexpected trends are the new cutting edge: the hard-hitting Afro-Cuban percussionist quietly attracting rock icons to his shows; the expressive young vocalist invoking ancient sacred traditions with surprising immediacy; the cultural communities rich with unheralded, powerful ...
7 Seconds: The Best Of Youssou N
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: New Africa; Undecided; Mouvement; 7 Seconds; Yo Le Le; Without A Smile; Please Wait; Country Boy; Birima; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da; Old Man; No More; Set; Oh Boy; Don
Youssou N'Dour: Egypt
by AAJ Staff
Youssou N'Dour Egypt Nonesuch Records 2004 Youssou N'Dour is as close to an international megastar as African musicians get, having earned first a massive fan base in his home of Senegal and then a worldwide following on the heels of his work with Peter Gabriel and others. His ...
Youssou N: 7 Seconds: The Best Of Youssou N
by Jim Santella
All recorded in the 1990s, the pieces on this compilation include several items not previously available, as well as memorable performances already released on Youssou N’Dour’s albums. His arrangement of “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” available previously on a Sony/Japan single issue, is sung in English. This happy tune brings the “universal language” theory to life with its world ...
Joko (The Link)
Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Birima; Mademba; This Dream; Yama; She Doesn't Need to Fall; Miss;
Beykat; Liggeey; My Hope Is in You; Red Clay.
Youssou N'Dour: Joko (The Link)
by AAJ Staff
If there is one icon in the fertile ground of Senegalese popular music, it is Youssou N'Dour. His career exploded from early tapes circulated throughout his home country to beautifully produced CDs snapped up all over the world. It's a tribute to his originality, his keen marketing sense, and the still-growing affinity of Americans and Europeans ...
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