Barely known to me until I picked up a few of her CDs in NYC's Little Senegal a few weeks ago, Fatou Laobé is a huge star in Senegal, a...

You may think that since I write this blog about African music that's all I listen to in my everyday existence. Actually, no. Like most...

Like Kiné Lam and Daro Mbaye , Ndeye Mbaye is a veteran of the Ensemble Lyrique Traditionel of Senegal's esteemed Daniel Sorano Nation...

Liitaal , by Aby Ngana Diop, is one of those recordings that sneaks up behind you, knocks you upside the head with a two-by-four, and leaves...

Although I love the new generation of female vocalists out of Senegal - ladies like Viviane and Aby Ndour - there's still a special p...

One thing that's always irritated me about the whole "World Music™" thing is the tendency to reduce whole genres of music to o...