|
Africando
The Afro-Latin dynamo
returns with a live set of great tunes. These musicians, "break
through musical borders and open the floodgates of joy, allowing
everyone to feel, breath and live the music."
Baaba
Maal
Baaba comes from humble beginnings but he has
learned and traveled and now speaks and sings of empowerment, enlightenment
and peace
Orchestra Baobab
The
most sultry, unbelievably voluptuous band in Africa in the seventies
had to be Baobab. With swirling guitars that sound like they are
buried in layers of honey, saxophones as sweet, and a rhythm section
that just never lets up, this Senegalese crew made a series of recordings
in the late seventies and early eighties that have become something
of a legend.
Mansour Seck
The
legendary guitarist of Dande Lenol occasionally steps out on his
own. Musician and singer Seck is joined by guitars, hoddu, kora,
ngoni and percussion on a series of deep roots from Senegal.
More
on Ousmane Sembene: Leading writer - poet - film-maker
TRADITIONAL
SENEGAL
Wide open to modernity and the outside world, Senegal, nevertheless,
remains deeply rooted in its tradition based on "Diom"
(Honour), "Teranga" (hospitality), and respect for
the elderly.
This apparent but positive contradiction makes Senegal what
it is: A Great, Diverse and very Colourful country.
|
