Posts tagged Cheikh Lo

Cheikh Lo – Jamm

For ten years now ’s music has been one of the delights of West , even if his last two albums have not hit the heights of his 1990′s debut, Ne La Thiass. Jamm represents a return to form for the Senegalese songster.

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Where is Toumani Diabate? – Toumani has arrived!

“Where is Toumani?” vocalist Soumaila Kanoute sings every Friday night in a small bar in called Hogon. “Toumani has arrived!” he announces as an unassuming man, carrying a four-foot high 21-stringed harp-lute known as a , takes centre stage. And every Friday night the expectant crowd erupts in song and dance to the African star’s latest project: ’s Symmetric Orchestra.

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Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra – Boulevard de l’Independence

“I want to show how far I can push the improvisation, I aim for sheer technical brilliance.”

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Cheikh Lo – Lamp Fall

If some recent traditional albums give the listener a feeling of tranquility as if reaching an isolated but welcoming village as dusk settles, Lamp Fall by contrast is like arriving in a bustling city full of unique and chaotic possibilities

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