Artist Lounge: Orchestra Baobab
Moggers' favorites by Orchestra Baobab
Subscribe to feed
-
Posted by:
My apologies. I usually make it a point not to moan about MOG in public, but as ther person who has been credited with fathering this toddler called African Tuesday - an erroneous attribution, I still insist the honor belongs to Cody and to consumerx - I should have contriibuted to the last one. Alas, MOG has not permitted me to upload songs for almost a week. I have tried. And once whatever bug it is has been expelled from Shloopy's system, I will post some African cuts I... MORE
-
Posted by:
on this track by Orchestre Baobab, written by guitarist Bartelemy Attisso, and sung in Wolof by Rody Gomis and Ndiouga Dieng. "Colette" is Bartelemy's wife, and in the song he is begging her not to abandon him, as life without her would make no sense.
Jesus Ramos is the trombonist by the way
-
Posted by:
here, for your enjoyment, ripped from ancient vinyl, is Orchestra Baobab's 1982 Afro-Cuban Senegalese classic "Ray Mbele", written and sung by Medoune Diallo, who shares lead vocals with Balla Sidibe
-
Posted by:
The photograph was taken from the other side of a 500 feet deep valley carved out by the Ice Age. Anyway, enough about me, tonight I have been listening to the new Orchestra Baobab album "Made in Dakar". Most of the songs are remakes of their older, less well known African recordings. In a break from tradition, i am not going to post the rare original of "Ndeleng Ndeleng", but instead the one that will be in the racks at your local CD emporium. Normal service will be r... MORE
-
Posted by:
I have always loved African music but this song has always stood out as one of my favorites. Such a great, chill groove.
