You could argue that 1987 was Youssou N’Dour’s peak as a performer; certainly this concert, an Athens warm-up for Peter Gabriel, finds him in superlative voice. “Immigrés”, from his breakthrough album ...

At the Roundhouse, he started the show with one of his most well-known songs, “Immigrés”. Youssou and the Super Étoile de Dakar bounced in with the kind of energy that usually emerges gradually ...

Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Youssou N’Dour & Le Super Etoile de Dakar on November 13th at Koerner Hall!

Youssou N'Dour performed a duet with Sting once, but this Senegalese singer's voice is best heard with his band Super Etoile de Dakar, drawing from genres closer to his home. For more than two hours ...

The birth of mbalax in Senegal towards the close of the 1970s, and a 2010 highlife/funk hybrid from south London, show how the embrace of imported styles by African musicians can enrich the ...

October 1987 An openair amphitheatre cut into a mountain overlooking the twinkling sprawl of nighttime Athens Thousands of people are going crazy for a young Senegalese singer theyd never heard of ...

Live at the BBC Proms from the Royal Albert Hall: Senegalese cultural icon Youssou Ndour makes his Proms debut in a special late-night appearance. This largely acoustic performance spotlights Ndour’s ...

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