Imaginative singer/songwriter and cultural ambassador from Senegal, Baaba Maal recently released a music video for his single “Freak Out” also featuring British-Malawian afro-electro duo The Very Best. The song blends traditional and futuristic sounds and explores the complex dynamics of social media. The accompanying video captures the mix of ancient...
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The February 2023 edition of Switchstance Radio presents new music by Sampa The Great, HIHEME, Seun Kuti & Black Thoughts, Monkey Jhayam, Surprise Chef, James BKS, Holy Hive, Anatoly Ice, Thee Sacred Souls, Shirley Nanette, David Walters & K.O.G., Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection, Baaba Mal, The Halluci...
18/06/2022 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Baaba Maal Southbank Centre, London
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Rendez-vous with Lucas Keen for an appointment to meet the little boat shaped lute played across the West African Sahel since the time of Mansa Musa. Hear the story of the djeli n’goni, get the job description for a griot, and learn where this iconic instrument which is the...
WOMAD UK 2016 edition will also be the 10th on the grounds of Charlton Park, that’ why the organisers are already going all out to celebrate the anniversary… You just have to take a glance at the first name announced for the upcoming 34th edition of the event, which will take...
“Travelling is the strongest lesson of life,” announces Baaba Maal, one of West Africa’s most renowned musical spokesmen. The Senegalese superstar has recorded seventeen albums to date. The most recent, aptly named ‘The Traveller’, has just been released. We were lucky to be granted an interview with the singer just...
Senegalese superstar, Baaba Maal, is promoting the release of his 11th studio album, The Traveller, with a 2016 European tour. Spiritually and musically educated in both Paris and Senegal, Maal’s sound has developed into a truly original and balanced articulation of Western pop and African folk traditions. Recorded in London...
20/01/2016 7:30 pm Baaba Maal Southbank Centre, London
