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Youssou N’Dour
Singer and songwriter Youssou N’Dour is probably the biggest star in African music today. Since being introduced to American audiences on seminal albums such as Paul Simon's Graceland and Peter Gabriel's So, N'Dour has exported the sounds of his home-country of Senegal to the world for over two decades, mixing it with the blues, pop and rock. He joins us to talk about his music and Islam, subjects of the new documentary “I Bring What I Love.”
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Saw the movie last night at the Paris--I encourage everyone to enjoy this beautiful film about this remarkable artist. Oh, and John, you looked great on the silver screen!
My first exposure to Youssou N'Dour was with Ryuichi Sakamoto on Sakamoto's recording, BEAUTY, back in 1989.
At the time of the release, they did a fantastic show at Webster Hall...Beautiful emotion.
And I'll be going to his show tonight at BAM ~>
What a beautiful day!
What was the name of the Egyptian singer that was mentioned during the program?
Thanks,
Michelle
Hi Michelle,
The Egyptian singer mentioned on the show, who was a big influence on Youssou N'Dour, is called Umm Kulthum. Thanks for listening and writing.
Michelle, the Egyptian singer we mentioned in the conversation with Youssou N'Dour was the late, great Oum Kalsoum. You will find her name spelled in any number of ways, including Om Kalsoum, Umm Kalthum, and other variants.
Youssou's sold out concert tonight (Friday) and file premiere on Saturday are part of the city-wide Muslim Voice festival. More here: muslimvoicesfestival.org
Soundcheck/John-
Thanks for the response!
It is both a good point and a weakness of podcasts that I only listened to the Youssou show June 21, so my comments are quite belated.
I thought Youssou's performance with Jean-Philippe Rykiel was stunningly beautiful, mostly due to the simplicity of a duet. Would he ever consider doing an entire CD of duets? With piano, with kora, with cello, with only one other singer? Being a media mogul means he has nothing to worry about if sales are low, right?
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