Guitari Baro is a striking new instrumental trio from Mali and Guinea that made their debut at the 2025 Dakar Music Expo -- and immediately became a sensation. The group features guitarists Gaoussou ...

Saxophonist Jerry Martini of Sly and the Family Stone is 82. Jazz bassist Dave Holland is 79. Actor Yvette Freeman (“ER”) is 75. Actor Randy Quaid is 75. Singer Howard Hewett of Shalamar is 70.

At the Roundhouse, he started the show with one of his most well-known songs, “Immigrés”. Youssou and the Super Étoile de Dakar bounced in with the kind of energy that usually emerges gradually ...

A rat-a-tat percussion and keyboard riff, and Youssou N’Dour’s voice tore through the dark Dakar sky, as the world music legend geared up to do what he does best: rock through the night. With a new ...

A rat-a-tat percussion and keyboard riff, and Youssou N'Dour's voice tore through the dark Dakar sky, as the world music legend geared up to do what he does best — rock through the night. With a new ...

Youssou N’Dour’s voice is one of the wonders of music, a soaring bird that has taken him around the globe from his native Dakar, Senegal, as a beloved, ever-visionary arts ambassador for more than ...

Youssou N'Dour is as grand a figure as African music has yet produced. Twenty-five years ago, Folk Roots magazine named him "Artist of the Century," but this was hardly a valedictory. N'Dour has been ...

D’banj has returned with a bang, dropping a new album “The Entertainer: The Sequel.” Prior to the album’s release, fans were treated to three singles—“04,” “Koko” and “Worthy”—which set the stage for ...

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