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  • Movie Review | 'Youssou N'Dour: Return to Gorée' and 'Beth'nia: Music Is Perfume': A Different Drum 29 Aug 2008 05:36 GMT
    ... filmmaker Pierre-Yves Borgeaud joins Mr. N’Dour, the Senegalese singer, on a magical history tour of the music created by African slaves and their descendants. ... descendants. The goal is to stage a concert on Gorée, an island just off the ...

  • A tasty melange of east and west, shot through a jazz blender 27 Aug 2008 23:30 GMT
    ... standing-room only at Wadi Abu Jmeel's best-loved concert venue on Tuesday evening as Erik Truffaz ... audience of the richness of Indian classical music. The ability to step back is probably ... the Blue Note recording label, the Brazilian-born, Senegal-raised Braff came in touch with Jazz in ...

  • Niang sends Marseille into Champions draw 27 Aug 2008 21:56 GMT
    ... 2-1 home win over Norwegian team Brann. Senegal striker Niang scored twice as French hopes ... the fourth goal in the 87th. Somber music was played over the leadspeaker system before kickoff as ...

  • Speculation and the Price of Oil: An Unfriendly Note 27 Aug 2008 13:28 GMT
    ... there is a long discussion of a song-and-dance for a US congressional committee by Mr ... for Economic and Development Planning (in Dakar, Senegal) a few centuries ago. Moreover, the higher ...

  • Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree Film Review 27 Aug 2008 01:31 GMT
    ... brand of jazz since the Seventies. The Senegalese tenor is a self-described and bandleader of ... Goree is a performance flick which mixes music with a history lesson about the slave ... where the closing credits roll during a concert staged at a scenic, seaside slave castle ...

  • Cathy Davey for Sligo Live 26 Aug 2008 13:57 GMT
    ... October 27. Cathy Davey is the Irish singer, songwriter of the moment. She played the ... personal songs of love and life. World Music artists and one of Africa’s great iconic bands, ... Africa’s great iconic bands, Orchestra Baobab from Senegal will also star at the Festival. Other ...

  • Tribute band keeps James Brown legend alive 26 Aug 2008 05:54 GMT
    ... rhythm provided by drummer John Mader and Senegalese conga player Assane Mbaye, Malian star Vieux ... own compositions in his native language. The song's funky beat served to illustrate Brown's indelible ... Brown's indelible influence on the modern pop music of Africa. Then Wesley led the band through ...

  • Rwanda: The Power of Creativity [opinion] 26 Aug 2008 04:27 GMT
    ... powerful country in the world; meanwhile a Senegalese-born French speaking American singer, Akon is hitting world charts with songs ... from the stroke of a brush, the music from their vocal chords, the kicking of a ...


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