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Friday at Jazz Fest: Warming up with Kacey Musgraves, Youssou N'Dour, El Dusty and more
26 Apr 2025 05:03 GMT
The 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival rolled into it second day with good weather, if a little warm, and more people turning out for the fest’s first Friday.
The Festival Stage was decked out in greenery for Kacey Musgraves' headlining set, …
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Youssou N’Dour Is Ready to Revitalise the Term ‘World Music’
24 Apr 2025 19:58 GMT
Youssou N'Dour has some reservations about the state of music around the globe, particularly what was often tagged as 'world music.'
For the 65-year-old Senegalese music icon, the problem stems from overexpansion of what the term' world …
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Youssou N'Dour says he is 'still passionate' about music
17 Apr 2025 02:18 GMT
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'Let's rock': world music icon Youssou N'Dour back on the road
16 Apr 2025 07:30 GMT
A rat-a-tat percussion and keyboard riff, and Youssou N'Dour's voice tore through the dark Dakar sky, as the world music legend geared up to do what he does best -- rock through the night.
With a new album out and a world tour starting this week, …
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'Tales of a traveling Toubabo' An evening with Youssou n'Dour
07 Mar 2025 14:05 GMT
He could diffuse an effusive squabble between a couple of tourists who'd a few too many Julbrews, he could placate a wayward Gambian girl who'd lost all her 'fish money' in the casino, persuade a lonely Toubab lady that she reminded him of …
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Proms go dark: The Traitors and all-night concerts planned for 2025
24 Apr 2025 01:21 GMT
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Claudia Winkleman will host a night of music dedicated to The Traitors at the Royal Albert Hall
Organisers of the BBC Proms are encouraging fans to stay up all night, with a "magical" and "intimate…
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Youssou N'Dour on returning to his roots at this year's EIF: 'A song is not supposed to die'
26 Jul 2024 13:14 GMT
Youssou N’Dour’s music crosses boundaries while remaining true to its roots. Fiona Shepherd talks to Africa’s most celebrated living musician
As a young boy, Youssou N’Dour would sing outside a Dakar club called Miami. He was still too young to gain entry …
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Youssou N'Dour awarded honorary degree at Berklee...
10 Jul 2024 17:47 GMT
The honour was awarded to N’Dour in recognition of his impact on the music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries and for bringing the music and traditions of Senegal to an international audience.
Berklee Valencia’s executive director, Simone Pilon, …
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Merry Jazz Festivus!
20 Apr 2025 16:35 GMT
The first leg of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival begins this week, and with it comes the annual migration to the city of Jazz Dads and their unironic, if occasionally cringy, love of cargo shorts and Grateful Dead swag.
For locals, this …
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Senegalese star Youssou N'Dour charms Nairobi
07 May 2023 10:21 GMT
Youssou N'Dour during the Mo Ibrahim 'Mo Festival concert at KICC,Nairobi. May 2nd ,2023 [Elvis Ogina,Standard]
Legendary Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour entertained fans at the Mo Festival at the KICC, Nairobi, last weekend. The festival was …