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 ...

Senegalese singer and songwriter Youssou N'Dour tries to create a more positive image of Islamic culture in Africa with his music. Jeffrey Brown speaks with N'Dour about his music and his message.

Cutting edge music is on tap for the Brandeis campus Saturday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. when Group Saloum, arguably America’s hottest Afro-mbalax band, takes to the stage at Slosberg Recital Hall for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Mbalax is what we’re born with," says Senegalese percussionist Khadim Mbaye. An accomplished sabar drummer and one-third of Paradise Cinema – along with Tons Sambe on tama drums and Jack Wyllie of ...

Mboup grew up in a griot family in Kebemer, north Senegal, playing the drums in the courtyard from the age of three "like every griot kid”. The tami (talking drum) was used to spread messages from ...

(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 ...

Maréma sings in Wolof, Bambara and French and says her ambition is to be an international star, "win lots of prizes and represent her country all over the world". "What like Angelique Kidjo?" I ask.