2021 Charity Shop Purchases 21 - The Sound of Senegal
I feel that I am coming on all over Ernie Goggins this morning as I proudly present The Sound of Senegal.
From 2000 on the Nascente label it includes household names such as Youssou N'Dour and Baaba Maal. and it captures the sights and sounds of a night out in Dakar, one of the great musical capitals of the world, where throbbing mbalax rhythms continuously pump through the heart of the city.
I'm still working my way through my Kingussie purchases. Not sure there is ever much in the way of throbbing mbalax there of an evening, except maybe when they are hosting their near neighbours and arch rivals Newtonmore at shinty
Toure Kunda loosely translated as family of elephants moved to France at the end of the 70s and were pioneers of taking Senegalise music to a western audience
Cheikh Lo was one of the world music discoveries of the nineties with his rippling acoustic rhyhms and warm and intimate vocals.
Fatou Guewel is an earthly diva with this song based on a praise song to an ancient tribal king.
You are your own man as always CC. Very nice - thanks
ReplyDeleteOnce saw Cheikh Lo perform Ne La Thiass on BBC's coverage of Glastonbury. They got him to do an acoustic version around their little campfire which was spellbinding. Went out and bought his album which I found disappointing - it just didn't match the 'special' moment they'd captured. T'was ever so.
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