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- Becca Stevens
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- Chris Potter
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- Dave Holland
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- Dianne Reeves
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- Dianne Reeves: Christmas Time is Here
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- Esperanza Spalding
- Gabriel Kahane
- Ghost Train Orchestra
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- Habib Koité
- Habib Koité and Raul Midón
- Idan Raichel Project
- Irish Homecoming
- Jack DeJohnette
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- Joe Lovano
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- Kathy Mattea: My Coal Journey
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- Kurt Elling
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- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Lizz Wright
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- Marisa Monte
- McCoy Tyner
- MEHLIANA featuring Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana
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- Newport Jazz Festival: Now 60
- Omara Portuondo
- On Sacred Ground
- On Sacred Ground: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
- Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club®
- Oscar Castro-Neves
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- Oscar Hernandez's Latin Jazz Quintet, Alma Libre
- Pedrito Martinez
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- Richard Bona
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- Rokia Traoré
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- SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
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Baaba Maal and the Senegalese Kingdom of Music
From BBC Baaba Maal and the Senegalese Kingdom of Music Each year the Senegalese king of music, Baaba Maal, invites musicians across the region to play at the Blues du Fleuve festival, Festival of the River, which takes place somewhere...
Posted Jan 15th, 2013
Baaba Maal: The Role of Music in Africa’s Conversation with...
from This is Africa Baaba Maal on the role of music in Africa’s conversation with the world By Belinda Otas In recent times, Babaa Maal has spent more time on stage than in the studio but he is not complaining;...
Posted Nov 21st, 2012
Baaba Maal is Unstoppable, a Genuine Leader
From The Guardian Baaba Maal and Friends – Review: Royal Festival Hall, London By John L. Walters Senegalese musician Baaba Maal made the first sounds on the almost empty stage: spluttering fireworks of guitar notes that became the gentle, loping...
Posted Jul 29th, 2012
Baaba Maal, Voice of the People
from New Statesman Baaba Maal, Voice of the People By Charlotte Simmonds You wouldn’t be mistaken if you’d detected in recent years the steady ascent of a being known as the “celebrity-come-human-rights-activist”. It’s a trend marked by choice publicity photos...
Posted Jun 29th, 2012
Baaba Maal's Call to Action
From: AVAAZ.org Why this is important My name is Baaba Maal, and I’m a Senegalese musician writing with a personal plea for help. I live in Africa’s drought-struck Sahel region where 18 million people are on the brink of disaster,...
Posted Jun 15th, 2012
Baaba Maal to Stage African Show for Olympics
from Yahoo News Senegal singer to stage African show for Olympics Senegalese singer Baaba Maal has announced plans to show the world all “Africa has that is beautiful” during the Olympic Games in Britain in the summer. “People have given...
Posted May 23rd, 2012
Oxfam Announces Baaba Maal as New Global Ambassador
from Oxfam Oxfam Announces Baaba Maal as its New Global Ambassador The Senegalese singer calls on the world to act in West Africa In Baaba Maal’s new role as Oxfam Ambassador he urged the world to respond to the food...
Posted May 23rd, 2012
Baaba Maal Discusses His “Tales from the Sahel” Tour
Baaba Maal Discusses His “Tales from the Sahel” Tour By Steve Kiviat Senegalese singer Baaba Maal’s “Tales from the Sahel” show tonight at the Birchmere should prove to be very different from his last local appearance a year and half...
Posted Oct 19th, 2011
A Conversation with Baaba Maal
from Huffington Post A Conversation with Baaba Maal By Mike Ragogna Mike Ragogna: We’re talking with Baaba Maal who is currently on tour in the United States on a series of speaking engagements based on issues facing Africa. Baaba, how...
Posted Oct 14th, 2011
Senegalese Superstar Baaba Maal to Perform at MCCC
from Montgomery News Senegalese superstar to perform at MCCC By Walter Ault Baaba Maal brings songs and tales of his native Senegal and Africa to Montgomery County Community College on Oct. 22 Senegal native Baaba Maal has been defying the...
Posted Oct 12th, 2011
Albert Rose Presents An Evening With Baaba Maal
from Just Out Albert Rose Presents An Evening With Baaba Maal By Amanda Schurr Senegalese musician Baaba Maal has been fusing western sounds with the traditional beats, melodies and textures of West Africa for almost two decades, and his live...
Posted Oct 11th, 2011
Baaba Maal Speaks on Issues Facing Africa and Beyond
-from Helion Magazine_ Baaba Maal Speaks on Issues Facing Africa and Beyond It’s been roughly a year since Baaba Maal toured the U.S. for the promotion of his latest album, Television. Maal is now returning this October to headline a...
Posted Oct 1st, 2011
Baaba Maal Announces US Speaking Tour
from worldmusic.net Baaba Maal Announces US Speaking Tour This October, Senegalese master musician Baaba Maal will be visiting the US to headline a series of speaking dates moderated by renowned music journalist and author Chris Salewicz (The Sunday Times, The...
Posted Sep 30th, 2011
INTERVIEW Baaba Maal on African Women in Music
from Guardian (UK) “I’m so proud these days to see more and more women are in the frontline in music.” In a recent Guardian interview, musician and campaigner Baaba Maal comments on the barriers still faced by women in Africa.
Posted Jun 15th, 2011
Baaba Maal: Fragments of unity on Africa Day
From Mali & Guardian Online Fragments of Unity on Africa Day By Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon “Afrique, Afrique, Afrique!” cried Tumi Molekane of Tumi and the Volume, ending an electric hip-hop set at the Africa Day celebrations in Newtown last Saturday. In...
Posted Jun 10th, 2011
Baaba Maal in South Africa for Africa Day Celebrations
from Times LIVE Baaba Maal in South Africa for Africa Day celebrations Senegalese legend Baaba Maal will be in Johannesburg for the Africa Day concert. Indisputably one of the African continents most important performers, Maal will be joined on stage...
Posted May 13th, 2011
REVIEW Baaba Maal at the Hollywood Bowl (LA Times)
From the LA Times Pop music review: Baaba Maal at the Hollywood Bowl By Reed Johnson No continent has parented more musical children than Africa, and its progeny were out in force on Father’s Day at the Hollywood Bowl. Never...
Posted Jun 23rd, 2010
Bonnaroo 2010: Baaba Maal In Concert
From npr.com A singer-songwriter from Senegal, Baaba Maal fuses popular music from around the world with the traditional sounds of West African griots. It’s an approach that’s made Maal a global star and won him widespread acclaim in the U.S.,...
Posted Jun 14th, 2010
REVIEW Baaba Maal at Fillmore New York
A Worldwide Commute From Senegal in a Jubilant Arc From The New York Times By Jon Pareles The Senegalese bandleader Baaba Maal told his audience at the Fillmore New York on Friday night that an African concert is a “journey...
Posted May 10th, 2010
INTERVIEW Baaba Maal Brings His Global Sound to UCLA’s Royce...
From the Los Angeles Times By Reed Johnson Musical inspiration can strike Baaba Maal in any place, at any time. It might happen on the Paris Metro, where he sometimes hears echoes of African drum beats in the rumbling of...
Posted Apr 22nd, 2010
Baaba Maal Music Festival Highlights Education in Senegal's Fouta Region
Senegalese musician Baaba Maal is using an annual music festival to focus on education in the country’s remote northern regions. At Baaba Maal’s fourth annual “Festival les Blues du Fleuve,” musicians from around West Africa gathered along the Senegal River...
Posted Jan 1st, 2010
Baaba Maal: A Griot In The Electronic Age
from npr.org In West Africa, Europe and the world-music scene, the beloved Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal is a superstar. He’s long been known for bridging the griot tradition of West African bards with popular music from around the globe and...
Posted Sep 10th, 2009
Baaba Maal's "Television", feat. Brazilian Girls, Out Now
From “PalmPictures.com”: http://store.palmpictures.com/ppalmcd2140.html I think the musician’s role is to give advice, to warn people, and to make them aware of what they might not have thought of themselves. We use melodies and harmonies to make songs enter your mind....
Posted Aug 25th, 2009
Baaba Maal returns to 'Television'
Senegalese artist worked on songs with Brazilian Girls By Michael D. Ayers, Billboard via The Hollywood Reporter July 22, 2009, 03:50 PM ET NEW YORK — After an eight-year break, Senegalese recording artist Baaba Maal will release “Television,” his first...
Posted Jul 29th, 2009
Baaba Maal: the Man on the Telly
George Luke interviews Baaba Maal Television, Baaba Maal’s new album, has had tons of plays since I put it on my iPod a few weeks ago. I got to chat with the Senegalese singer recently (with my Sounds of Africa...
Posted Jul 13th, 2009
Baaba Maal's Television Hits Number 1 on World Music Charts...
Once a month radio-Worldmusic-specialists from twenty three European countries select their individual top ten favorites out of current Worldmusic releases from their playlists and mail them to Berlin. The nominations are processed in a database and the top ten are...
Posted Jul 6th, 2009
UK Telegraph Reviews Baaba Maal's Performance at Meltdown Festival
Read the complete Telegraph review of Baaba Maal’s sensational performance at Ornette Coleman’s Meltdown Festival here “There were times during this show when Baaba Maal and his band made music that was as beautiful, as glorious and as joyous as...
Posted Jun 18th, 2009
Baaba Maal Official Television Video Released
Below is the official video for Television, the lead track from the new Baaba Maal album of the same name. For more information on Baaba Maal or his latest album Television, please visit www.baabamaal.tv where you can buy the track...
Posted Jun 11th, 2009
Baaba Maal & The Bad Plus to Perform at Ornette...
Free jazz legend and icon of the avant-garde Ornette Coleman will take over Southbank Centre’s riverside venues and spaces as the 16th director of Meltdown. Reflecting the restless, unfettered spirit of this year’s director, Meltdown in 2009 will provide a...
Posted Jun 9th, 2009
Baaba Maal Interviewed by musicOMH
With the possible exception of Youssou N’Dour, Baaba Maal is Senegal’s internationally best known musician, with a recording career that now spans 20 years. So it may seem strange that this fisherman’s son, who looks at least a decade younger...
Posted Jun 3rd, 2009
Stream Two New Tracks from Baaba Maal's TELEVISION
Two new tracks from Baaba Maal’s upcoming release, Television have been added to IMN’s audio player and can be streamed here . You can pre-order the complete album at Amazon, which is being released worldwide on June 1st. var addthis_pub=“4a1593986290e969”;
Posted May 26th, 2009
Baaba Maal featured in UK Guardian
Continental Shift – Senegalese star Babaa Maal was one of the original icons of the 1980s world music boom, and he’s still finding new ways to cross over. By Robin Denselow This is an important week for Chris Blackwell, the...
Posted May 22nd, 2009
Backstage video at Jools Holland with Baaba Maal
Baaba performed on Jools Hollands’ Tuesday night show Later Live. He performed the track Dakar Moon from his upcoming release, Television. He will also be on Later with Jools Holland on Friday night playing International and Tindo from the new...
Posted May 20th, 2009
Baaba Maal featured on CNN's African Voices
Watch the three-part video here and read the complete article here. CNN May 16, 2009 – “I believe that I was born to sing, because since I was five years old, music was calling me.” — Baaba Maal This week...
Posted May 16th, 2009
Baaba Maal releases Television, his first studio record since 2001
‘I think the musician’s role is to give advice, to warn people, and to make them aware of what they might not have thought of themselves. We use melodies and harmonies to make songs enter your mind.’ So declares the...
Posted May 7th, 2009
Baaba Maal 2006 Tour
For the first time in two years Senegalese master musician Baaba Maal will bring his unique blend of traditional West African song, Senegalese pop, reggae and dance to the U.S. In 2004 Maal toured with his acoustic ensemble, but this...
Posted Jun 7th, 2006
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