In the early 1980s, Senegalese singer Youssou N'dour performed at the Africa Centre in London as part of a club night called the Limpopo Club. It was the first time mbalax, the dance music popular in ...

Forty minutes of music and it's from one page of writing. His rhythm units, cycles, and ideas of structure are totally unique and profound. "Halifax," one of the songs on Canada Day, comes to mind as ...

Yusupha Mboob is another Gambian mbalax heart-throb struggling hard to gain international recognition. He is currently based in Austria where he is active in music more than ever before. Born and ...

It fuses the sabar and talking drum-driven rhythms of Senegal’s mbalax music with the German’s touch for techno and dub. Mbalax was born in Senegal in the early 1970s and is seen as a fusion of ...

Senegalese pop superstar and former Minister of Tourism of Senegal Youssou NDOUR will be in the US for a few shows this spring, including NYC’s Carnegie Hall on May 13. Tickets for that show are on ...

Abdou Mboup's skills as a percussionist and kora player have led to collaborations with the likes of Johnny Clegg, Claude Nougaro, Nina Simone and Michel Pettruciani. After 25 years in the U.S. he's ...

Dr. Brett D. Molter does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Years before he became Africa’s biggest star, Youssou N’Dour appeared as a raw-voiced youth among other powerful singers on these seminal recordings from the band that put Senegal on the map. The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It opens with a tribute to Habib Faye, the bassist who was a mainstay of many of N’Dour’s bands and who died ...

Photo of Mark Ernestus (above) by Mbene Diatta Seck. All other photos by Mark Ernestus. Over the past twenty years, Mark Ernestus has revolutionized electronic music’s relationship to minimalism, ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Senegal has a rich history of traditional music – and this lives on as it influences the west African country's modern music today. As a cultural researcher, I set out to ...

Senegal has a rich history of traditional music - and this lives on as it influences the west African country's modern music today. As a cultural researcher, I set out to explore the social and ...