Albert Rose Presents An Evening With Baaba Maal

Tuesday October 11, 2011

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 shows are the stuff of legend: transcendent, authentic, uniting. (Check the DVD of his 1998 performance at London’s Royal Festival Hall for proof.)

Variety says he’s “a marvelous performer to watch.” But Maal has also become known as a tireless humanitarian, a youth emissary for the United Nation’s Development Program and a vocal crusader about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, the growing role of women on the continent and youth-based initiatives to help Africa move into the new millennium.

To that end, Maal will be sitting with music journalist and author Chris Salewicz (The Sunday Times, The Independent) tomorrow night to discuss his experiences growing up in Africa and traveling the world, issues facing the continent and other international headlines.

Of course, there will be (unforgettable) music — the UK’s Guardian hails him as “one of the finest singers in the world.”
Long story short, “Tales from the Sahel: An Evening with Baaba Maal” promises to be a very special, intimate affair. Highly recommended.

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