Blog March 31, 2010
Discography: Mbalax Fever: The Story of Popular Music in Senegal
Here are a list of albums heard on Afropop Worldwide's Celebrating Senegal's 50th Anniversary: Mbalax Fever: The Story of Popular Music in Senegal: Youssou N'Dour "Super Fin De Annee 2009" (Xippi 2009) Lamine Touré and Group Saloum "Lamine Touré And Group Saloum" (Notable Dot Com 2009) Orquestra Aragon "Mambo Inspiracion-primeras Grabaciones (1953-55)" (Fresh Sounds Records) Various artists "Masters Of The Sabar" (Notable Dot Com 2009) DiLionel Hampton and His Orchestra "Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra (1939-40)" (Classics Records 1991) Orchestra Baobab "Baobob-n'wolof" (Dakar Sound 1998) Number One De Dakar "African Highlife Vol 1: Soukous/mbalax" (Network) Etoile de Dakar and Youssou N'Dour "Volume 1-abasa Gueye" (Stern's Africa) Etoile de Dakar and Youssou N'Dour "Xalis" (Cantos Music) Fatou Guewel and Groupe Sope Noreyni "Fatou" (Stern's Africa) Orchestra Baobab "Bamba" (Stern's Africa 1993) Thione Seck and Raam Daan "Favori" (Cantos Music) Youssou N'Dour, Super Etoile "Set" (Virgin 1990) Andrea Bocelli "Romanza" (Polydor) Youssou N'Dour "Egypt" (Nonesuch 2004) Yoro and Yoon Wi "Begg Dem" (Ethno World Music 2005) Orchestra Baobab "Pirates Choice" (World Circuit 2001) Cheikh Taîrou M'Baye and Sing Sing Rhythm "Mame Bouna: Cheikh Taîrou M'baye And Sing Sing Rh" (Mame Bouna Productions 2003) Dexter Johnson and his International Band featuring Laba Soseh "Serie Sangomar 2. Dakar Sound"

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