Xalam & Doudou N’diaye Rose
https://amf.didiermary.fr/xalam-live-doudou-ndiaye-rose/
Xalam is a Senegalese band that’s known for its Jazz Fusion, mixing western instrumentation with traditional African percussion and rhythms.
Xalam performing Kaniane (from album Apartheid – 1985) on April 30th, 2009, at the Iba Mar Diop Stadium in Dakar Senegal, with special special guest Doudou N’Diaye Rose.
Orchestre du Bawobab – Bure Yaay Damaan
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-bawobab-bure-yaay-damaan-1975/
Orchestre du Bawobab, also known as Orchestra Baobab…
Here’s a song from their album “Guy Gu Rey Gi” in 1975.
Orchestra Baobab is a Senegalese Afro-Cuban “Son” and “Pachanga” band formed in 1970 as a multi-ethnic, multi-national club band they adapted the then current craze for Cuban Music.
Viva Africando
https://amf.didiermary.fr/viva-africando-album-2013/
¡Viva Africando! ¡Viva! (2013)
Africando’s 8th (and last) studio album, this is the first not recorded primarily in New York. This time the Africando masterminds, producer Ibrahima Sylla and arranger Boncana Maïga, bring New York’s top Latin musicians – led by pianist Oscar Hernandez – to Paris. There they reunite with the group’s vocal stars, […]
Aby Ngana Diop
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Senegalese griot Aby Ngana Diop was famous for her taasu, a form of oral poetry spoken to the rhythmic accompaniment of sabar and tama drums. Taasu is typically created and performed by griot women (a class of poets, storytellers and/or musicians), with a lead taasukat (practitioner of taasu) performing her distinct style of heightened, rhythmically […]
Toure Kunda – Emma
https://amf.didiermary.fr/toure-kunda-emma/
Ismaïla Touré, l’un des fondateurs du groupe Toure Kunda avec son frère Sixu Tidiane Touré, vient de décéder à Paris à l’âge de 73 ans.
Le titre “Emma” (M’ma), sur leur premier album “Mandinka Dong” est certainement, encore aujourd’hui, le plus connu. Toure Kunda, la “famille éléphant” légende de la musique sénégalaise, fut l’un des […]
Doudou N’Diaye Rose – Rose Rhythm
https://amf.didiermary.fr/doudou-ndiaye-rose-rhythm/
Rose Rhythm was a documentary by Ben Aylon on the work of Senegalese drummer, composer and band leader Doudou N’Diaye Rose, recognized as the modern master of Senegal’s traditional drum, the sabar.
R.I.P Doudou N’Diaye Rose
Guelewar – Njarama
https://amf.didiermary.fr/guelewar-banjul/
Guelewar from Banjul, The Gambia, is amongst the most experimental, psychedelic bands out of Africa in the 70s, offering a unique sound and instrumentation, mixing traditional compositions with modern instruments.
Guelewar, always singing in Wolof, is known for their explosive mix of Soul and Funk, blended with local rhythms such as Boogaraboo, Saourouba and Ndaga. [...]
Interview of Youssou N'Dour for his new album Light the World (Éclairer le Monde).
https://afropop.org/articles/youssou-ndour-lights-the-world-in-2025
NOFLAAY
https://youtu.be/keV0VfMrSYA
Balimaya Project – Wolo So
https://amf.didiermary.fr/balimaya-project-soninka-patronba/
The Balimaya Project is a collective of 16 musicians in UK (including members of Kokoroko and Seed Ensemble), fusing traditional Mandingo music with Jazz.
The Balimaya Project synthesizes and bridges London’s bustling jazz circuit with traditional repertoire and folklore of the Mandé peoples of West Africa.
Etoile de Dakar – Thiapathioly
https://amf.didiermary.fr/etoile-de-dakar-thiapathioly/
Etoile de Dakar Feat. Youssou N’Dour & El Hadji Faye
Etoile de Dakar – Vol. 2
Samba Diabaré Samb
https://amf.didiermary.fr/samba-diabare-samb/
Pour ce 1500ème billet, rendons hommage à El Hadji Samba Diabaré Samb, griot, maitre du xalam, élevé à la dignité de Trésor humain vivant par l’Unesco. […]
Takeifa Band – Supporter
https://amf.didiermary.fr/takeifa-band-supporter/
If you walk through the streets of Dakar, the Senegalese capital, and ask one of the locals where the Keita siblings live, you will soon get an answer, because the Takeifa Band around its founder and lead vocalist Jac Keita have long been a musical institution in Senegal, their home country.
The cohesion of the […]
Cheikh Lo – Degg Gui
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-lo-degg-gui-flavia-coelho-fixi/
“Degg Gui” comes from the “Balbalou” album by Cheikh Lô in 2015. The song features Flavia Coelho & Fixi. Other songs feature Oumou Sangaré and Ibrahim Maalouf, and were released as part of an EP before being included in the album.
Toure Kunda – Labrador
https://amf.didiermary.fr/toure-kunda-labrador/
Labrador, title track from Toure Kunda‘s album Amadou-Tilo in 1983. It’s a cover of the track that appeared on their first album and as a single.
Amadou-Tilo is dedicated to Amadou Toure, brother of Ismaila and Sixu-Tidiane and former member of the band who tragically died on-stage in 1983. […]
Balimaya Project – For Aziz Feat. Afronaut Zu
https://amf.didiermary.fr/balimaya-project-aziz-afronaut-zu/
The first track from album “When The Dust Settles”, “For Aziz” features Afronaut Zu with Balimaya Project.
See also “Seasons of Baraka” the promo single released a few weeks before.
If Balimaya Project’s debut album emphasised tradition & culture in a collective sense, their second album “When The Dust Settles” addresses the emotional and […]
Cheikh Lô – Maame
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-lo-maame-2025/
Celebrating 50 years in music, Cheikh Lô returns in 2025 with his brand-new album “Maame.”After a decade long wait since his last studio album, the Senegalese legend returns.
Named after his spiritual guide Maame Massamba Ndiaye, the album is not only a tribute but a spiritual and political offering. [...]
