A revista Forbes, que também tem um apreço especial (doentio, talvez) pela produção de listas, convidou os seus leitores a escolherem as 40 celebridades mais poderosas de África. A lista está compilada e pode ser consultada em detalhe neste sítio, com fotografias e biografias curtas de cada um dos eleitos. Em 40 posições, cinco pertencem a escritores (com destaque para o primeiro lugar do

With the sun getting warmer outside I like nothing better than to take in some rays and the sounds of Africa. Not really, but I wish I had the time to explore the vast array of music that originates from that continent. Especially since in the last while we've come across (by chance rather than design) 2 wonderful talents in the Good Ones from Rwanda and now Baaba Maal from Senegal. 'Television' is supremely happy music from an artist who is huge back home, second only in popularity to Youssou N'Dour, and has a vast catalogue of albums to his [...]

Baaba Maal at Central Park Summerstage (06/15/10) Photo : Jon Klemm Baaba's lively interactions with his longtime tama (talking drum) player Massamba Diop were as dynamic and playful as ever, and veteran backing singer Mansour Seck was on hand in fine voice as well. Missing was any of Baaba's acoustic material, which generally makes an appearance even in his most high-energy shows. But tonight it was non-stop adrenaline. The highlight of the show was near the end when audience members were invited onstage to dance with [...]
Lusine I got my first listen of the new School of Seven Bells album Disconnect From Desire yesterday and it is magnificent. Then this remix magiced its way into my iTunes remix shuffle and it was like icing on the cake. Lusine plays off of SOSB's etherial spirit by scaling it back and adding some subtle tweaks and sparkles. This is a smooth smooth jam you should pop on your next chill out mix. [MP3] Half Asleep (Lusine Remix) - School Of Seven Bells [...]

Amadou & Mariam , the african duo who has recently played at FIFA 's World Cup Concert, is set to release Africa on 12th July. Off of their acclaimed 2008's album Welcome To Mali , the song will come along with two remixes made by Bob Sinclair and Radioclit . We know this is being around for a while now but in case you haven't heard any of it, go ahead. Amadou & Mariam , a dupla [...]
Its summer time, and one of my favorite summer traditions happens to be the KCRW world fest concert series that takes place at the Hollywood Bowl. Every year KCRW curates an amazing summer concert series featuring both big name buzz bands and artist that can only be referred to as world stars. The shows [...]

Day Three – This day was difficult to get through. As much as I wanted to see Circa Survive for the 10th time, it was Norah Jones that I knew I had to catch for the first time. I've had a huge crush on the jazz-folk singer since her debut, so it was about time to see her perform. If that meant missing both Circa and one of Isis ' last performances, so be it. The other enemy of Saturday was the heat and humidity. Hitting near record high temperatures, the grounds at Bonnaroo turned [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Perhaps a music festival's biggest asset is its ability to bring musicians together, which is exactly what happened Sunday night at Los Angeles' historic Hollywood Bowl. The first of KCRW's monthly World Festival concerts, the evening was a brilliant mash-up of indie rock's hippest bands with trans-continental vigor -- Yeasayer and Fool's Gold -- and some of Africa's biggest music stars -- Tinariwen and Baaba Maal . "I met them at [...]

Baaba Maal Live Performance and Chat on Livestream.com Tune In Tuesday June 15 @ 4pm EST Be sure to tune in to Baaba Maal 's Livestream.com session on Tuesday June 15, 2010 at 4pm EST. You'll hear Baaba play songs from his critically acclaimed 2009 album Television (Palm Pictures) and answer questions via a live web chat. Baaba Maal Livestream session : [...]

Playing for Change at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park (06/15/10) Photo : Jeremy Goulder Playing For Change Live , a special two-disc CD/DVD, comes out Tuesday, June 15th on Concord/Playing For Change Records. Celebrating the Playing for Change Band's 2009 world-tour, the CD/DVD features guest appearances by Toots Hibbert, Keb' Mo and Ziggy Marley and a 90-minute film featuring exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes and performance footage. In celebration of the release of [...]
You know how they say spring is the time when a young man's fancy turns to love? Well, spring can go take a hike (and take winter with you). If you live in New York City, your favorite season should be summer. You know, because of the sheer amount of summer shows (many of which are free!) that are at your disposal! Since we last talked, the 2010 lineups for two of the city's biggest summer concert series, SummerStage/Rumsey Playfield and Celebrate Brooklyn (the same concerts with which we told you about last week ) [...]
The lineup for Central Park's annual SummerStage series is beginning to reveal itself, and if Pavement's four sold-out September shows don't make the 25th anniversary special enough, there is plenty more going on at New York City's Rumsey Playfield in the coming months. Bumpershine.com has discovered various confirmed and unconfirmed acts playing this summer, and beyond what we already knew, there are some gems. While not part of the SummerStage series, some noteworthy Rumsey Playfield shows coming up include the CareFusion Jazz Festival, a Meshell Ndegeocello performance at the New York LGBT Pride [...]

Baaba Maal - Television In case you hadn't heard, Senegalese superstar Baaba Maal will be playing an SOB's presents gig this Friday, April 30 at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza ( Buy Tickets ). Baaba's most recent album Television (his first in eight years) came out last year on Palm Pictures and features the talents of New York's Brazilian Girls . If you can't catch Baaba on Friday, the good [...]

Phoenix at MHOW Photo : Abbey Braden The Swell Season at Virgin Mobile Festival Photo : Tim Griffin Vampire Weekend at Wellmont Theatre Photo : Jon Klemm HOLLYWOOD BOWL TICKET PRESALES Baaba Maal w/ Playing For Change Date: June 20, 2010 Venue: Hollywood Bowl Presale Password: BOWL10 [...]
Senegal %FC Baabal Maal: JazzFest 2010 Pick! Baabal Maal is one of the biggest music stars in his native Senegal but remains largely unknown in the Western world so it was with great pleasure that I noticed he was playing both JazzFest this weekend in N ...

We have a pair of tickets to give away to see Baaba Maal at Royce Hall-UCLA this Saturday, April 17th. Please email us at rollogrady@gmail.com to claim the tickets. For further show info (click here). Baaba Maal - Souka Nayo Mix (Thievery Corporation Remix) Bookmark It [...]

Iggy Pop to perform at the 20th annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert February 26th, 2010 at Carnegie Hall - Tickets On Sale now! Line up also includes: Philip Glass, Regina Spektor, Gogol Bordello, Baaba Maal, Pierce Turner and Patti Smith with Jesse Smith and Michael Campbell Tibet House US is proud to announce that rock icon Iggy Pop will be joining the fantastic line-up of musicians performing at the 20th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert . [...]

For 20 years the Tibet House US Benefit Concert has commemorated the Monlam Prayer Festival traditionally held at the time of the Tibetan New Year. Regina Spektor and Gogol Bordello have been added to a lineup that already includes such notable performers as Philip Glass (the concert's artistic director), Patti Smith , Jesse Smith , Michael Campbell , Baaba Maal , and Pierce Turner . The 20th annual benefit concert takes place at Carnegie Hall on February 26th. Tickets are available at the Tibet House US website .

Television mp3 Baaba Maal Television .... buy it I've not featured much non-English language music here in the Shack and that's to your detriment, m'dears. I must admit that I do tend to be horribly ethno-centric. Thankfully my little wifey is a huge fan of what is termed, rather unappealingly, "world music" (why isn't all music from this world? ugh.) And for her, today, I will post this beautiful, gorgeous, video by Senegalese musician, Baaba Maal . It's for his second single to be released, "Dakar Moon," and features a [...]