Barry Allama Boy is a musician about whom I've been able to find nothing, and I mean NOTHING, on the internet or anywhere else. T...

About ten years ago I devoted a post to the Senegalese jazz/funk group Xalam, then celebrating their fortieth anniversary. It seems th...

Cheikh Lô has been a sensation on the World Music™ scene since the release of his album Né la Thiass , produced by Youssou N'Dour ...

In the early '80s, Touré Kunda, founded by brothers Amadou, Ismaïla and Sixu Touré in the Casamance  region of Senegal, were slated...

Bonne Année! Sixty-six minutes of red-hot Mbalax from Senegal's master of the sabar , Mbaye Dieye Faye, help us kick off the New Ye...

As promised, here is another "live" recording by Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar, the cassette Live Olympia (Pr...

Thanks to Aduna for posting Show!!! A Abidjan (1983), a rare live LP by Senegal's Youssou N'Dour. I was inspired to post a coupl...

This week I'm embarking on yet another Spring Break College Tour, this time with my younger daughter Ify. As you may recall , the last ...

The Casamance region of southern Senegal has been the scene of sporadic fighting over the years between the central government and the separ...

For all I know, recordings like Simon Sene's Magal (Afrique Dioundioung/KSF) could be as common as dirt in Senegal, so the title of this...

We're all thrilled that Matt Yanchyshyn is back on the scene and posting once more on his blog, Benn Loxo du Taccu , after a long hiatus...

I linked to a video by Senegalese musician Abou Diouba Deh in my last post about Fatou Laobé without realizing that I've had one of his...

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...

Aku and I recently returned from a trip out East for Installment Two of the Spring Break College Tour . I'm happy to report that she...

I'll be out of town for a week and don't expect to be able to blog, but I wanted to get something in, so this one's a quickie. I...

Idrissa Diop's LP Femme Noire (Volume LK 0188, 1987) is complimentary, and a companion of sorts, to Seydina Insa Wade's Yoff (Disq...

I ordered Seydina Insa Wade's LP Yoff (Disques Esperance ESP 8415, 1985) from Sterns many years ago not knowing anything about the alb...

Remember back in the early '80s when King Sunny Adé hit the scene in America? Not only was he said to be the next Bob Marley, the record...

As promised, here is African Divas Vol. 2 , originally posted last year as African Serenades Vol. 47b at Matsuli Music . I apologize for th...

What is the deal with Moos, over at Global Groove ? Can he read my mind? As I noted here , I had wanted to post the LP Somo Somo , but Moos ...