Baaba Maal News

 
Pasadena Weekly
Mali to Manhattan
Pasadena Weekly
Other performance opportunities with world-renowned artists such as Keita and Baaba Maal eventually followed. “Sabani” benefits from the depth of Stern's experiences in Africa. Rather than being a forced, high-concept project between players who are ...


 
World Music: Where are the East Africans?
Mshale African Community Newspaper
If you asked a random group of American world music fans to rattle off names of African musicians, it will most likely include Youssou N'dour, Baaba Maal, Habib Koite, Salif Keita, Ali Farka Toure, Angelique Kidjo and Fela Kuti.


 
Romeo Stodart
The Guardian
An Africanophile, he has been a regular part of the Africa Express project, travelling to Nigeria with them. As well as playing alongside the likes of Femi Kuti and Baaba Maal, he wrote and recorded a song with Amadou and Mariam that featured in the ...


 
Joe Henry sought out Bonnie Raitt for album project
Chicago Sun-Times
Henry also produced a 2009 duet of Harry Belafonte and Senegalese singer-guitarist Baaba Maal taking on Lead Belly's “Sylvie.” In 1956 Belafonte and the Norman Lubof Choir had a crossover hit with the ballad “Sylvie.” “I started working with Harry as ...


 
Deccan Chronicle
Of confluences and broken rhythms
Deccan Chronicle
His group, The Glimpse, formed in 1988, has shared the stage with the likes Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and REM, along with musicians like Youssou N'dour, Baaba Maal and Salif Keita. The Kathak, African Fantasy and Beat of Love happened as a result of ...


 
TropicalFete.com
UK'S REGGAE SCENE TAKES OVER TEXAS ON MARCH 16 & 17
TropicalFete.com
Things quickly picked up for Natty with a recording contract with Atlantic Records, the release of “Man Like I,” his debut album and his first European tour including gigs with Baaba Maal, Lee Perry and Adele. After several years of touring, ...


 
Pressafrik
Baaba Maal : La situation actuelle est « indigne et inacceptable par la morale ...
Pressafrik
Le chanteur-vedette Baaba Maal, vu la situation sociopolitique du pays, brise la glace. Dans un communiqué transmis à Pressafrik.com, l'artiste a déploré les évènements qui ont causé des « pertes en vie humaine ». « Les événements malheureux que ...