I’d love to visit some day. Be sure to scroll down and watch the video.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/travel/06senegalmusic.html
Posted on December 6th, 2009 by J.E.
Filed under: Music, Travel
NYT: Senegal
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A lot of good music has come out of Africa, and especially Senegal. I have an old Youssou N’Dour album, but the more popular he became, the more western he became, doing collaborations with Wyclef Jean, etc.
I suppose that is inevitable. Baaba Maal is an interesting case in that he kind of took a full circle path from traditional music to pop star and back to traditional. N’Dour has done a lot to promote and produce music stars though, like Cheikh Lo’.