Cheikh Lô

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Né La Thiass 04:27 Tools
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 00:00 Tools
Ne La Thiass 04:27 Tools
Boul Di Tagale 00:00 Tools
Il N'Est Jamais Trop Tard 04:30 Tools
Sante Yalla 04:38 Tools
Jamm 00:00 Tools
Guiss Guiss 00:00 Tools
Set 05:28 Tools
Kelle Magni 00:00 Tools
Conia 00:00 Tools
Sou 03:06 Tools
Shakara/Lady (Part One) 00:00 Tools
Lamp Fall 00:00 Tools
M'Beddemi 00:00 Tools
Dieuf Dieul 00:00 Tools
Sant Maam 00:00 Tools
Jeunesse Senegal 00:00 Tools
Xalé 00:00 Tools
Ndogal 00:00 Tools
Sankara 00:00 Tools
Degg Gui (feat. Flavia Coelho & Fixi) 00:00 Tools
Warico 00:00 Tools
Cheikh Ibra Fall 00:00 Tools
Sama Kaani Xeen 00:00 Tools
Doxandeme 00:00 Tools
N'galula 03:52 Tools
Toogayu M'Bedd 00:00 Tools
Bobo-Dioulasso 00:00 Tools
Sénégal-Brésil 00:00 Tools
Zikroulah 00:00 Tools
Degg Gui (Album Version) [feat. Flavia Coelho & Fixi] 00:00 Tools
Seyni 00:00 Tools
Bamba Mo Woor 00:00 Tools
Shakara/Lady (Part Two) 00:00 Tools
Bambay Gueej 00:00 Tools
Zikr 00:00 Tools
Bourama 00:00 Tools
N'dawsile 00:00 Tools
Ne Parti Pas 00:00 Tools
Kelle Magni (encore) 00:00 Tools
Bamba Sunu Goorgui 00:00 Tools
Folly Cagni 00:00 Tools
N'dokh 00:00 Tools
Fattaliku Demb 00:00 Tools
N'jarinu Garab 00:00 Tools
Bamba 00:00 Tools
Balbalou (feat. Ibrahim Maalouf) 00:00 Tools
Africaden 00:00 Tools
Gemou Ma Ko 00:00 Tools
Suzanah 00:00 Tools
Lutax 00:00 Tools
Africadën 00:00 Tools
Fattaliku Dëmb 00:00 Tools
Baissons Les Armes 00:00 Tools
Leer Gui Fall 00:00 Tools
Doyal Naniou (feat. Oumou Sangaré) 00:00 Tools
Shakara/Lady, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Kouma Magni 00:00 Tools
N'Jariñu Garab 00:00 Tools
Bama Sunu Goorgui 00:00 Tools
Doyal Naniou (feat. Oumou Sanganré) 00:00 Tools
Senegal - Bresil 00:00 Tools
Senegal-Bresil 00:00 Tools
Bamba Mô Woor 00:00 Tools
Degg Gui (Album Version) [feat. Flavia Coelho Fixi] 00:00 Tools
Boul di Tagale (Let Lovers Be) 00:00 Tools
Ne La Thiass (Gone In A Flash) 00:00 Tools
Bamba Bakh 00:00 Tools
Africa Den 00:00 Tools
Doxandeme (The Immigrant) 00:00 Tools
Ndogal (If It Pleases God) 00:00 Tools
Set (Cleanliness) 00:00 Tools
Cheikh Ibra Fall (The Leader of the Baye Fall) 00:00 Tools
Guiss Guiss (Take A Good Look) 00:00 Tools
Niani Bagna 00:00 Tools
Sant Mamm (Thank You Father) 00:00 Tools
Jeuness Senegal 00:00 Tools
Boul Di Tagale - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Bamba Sunu Goorgui (Bamba, Our Guide) 00:00 Tools
Degg Gui (feat. Flavia Coelho Fixi) 00:00 Tools
Kelle Magni - Encore 00:00 Tools
Babylone 00:00 Tools
Saly 00:00 Tools
M'Beddemi (The Street) 00:00 Tools
Kelle Magni (Encore) (Encore) 00:00 Tools
Ne La Thias 00:00 Tools
Bambay Gueej (Bamba Is the Ocean) 00:00 Tools
Jeunesse Senegal (Youth of Senegal) 00:00 Tools
Doxamdem 00:00 Tools
Apartheid 00:00 Tools
Né La Thiass - Remastered 00:00 Tools
N'Jariñu Garab (The Tree) 00:00 Tools
African (Africa, Be One Nation) 00:00 Tools
N'Dawsile (Young Girl) 00:00 Tools
Beugueu Fallou 00:00 Tools
Guney Senegal 00:00 Tools
N'Dokh (Water) 00:00 Tools
Warico - Dub 00:00 Tools
Degg Gui [feat. Flavia Coelho & Fixi] 00:00 Tools
Kelle Magni (encore) - Encore 00:00 Tools
Cheikh Ibra Fall - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Zikroulahi (A prayer for his soul in paradise) 00:00 Tools
Guiss Guiss - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Zikr (There Is One God But Allah) 00:00 Tools
Ndogal - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Mary Disquette 00:00 Tools
Degg Gui 00:00 Tools
Shakara/Lady (pt. 1)/Cheikh Lo^ 00:00 Tools
Zikroulahi 00:00 Tools
Bamba Sunu Goorgui - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Set - Remastered 00:00 Tools
M' Beddemi - Cheikh N'Digël Lô 00:00 Tools
Guney Sénégal 00:00 Tools
Boul Di Tagal 00:00 Tools
Africadem 00:00 Tools
Jiko Tey 00:00 Tools
Ngalula 00:00 Tools
Lady (part one) (feat. Shakara) 00:00 Tools
Jeunesse Sénégal 00:00 Tools
Babylon 00:00 Tools
Lady (part one) (feat. Les Nubians, Manu Dibango, Chateau Flight & Shakara) 00:00 Tools
Doyal naniou 00:00 Tools
Shakara/Lady (part two) (feat. Les Nubians, Manu Dibango & Chateau Flight) 00:00 Tools
Cheikh Lo - Dokandeme 00:00 Tools
Boul Di Tagale (Senegal) 00:00 Tools
Doyal Naniou (feat. Oumou Sanganre) 00:00 Tools
Ndogal - 2018 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
A prayer for his soul in parad 00:00 Tools
Mbalax 00:00 Tools
Sama Kani Xeen 00:00 Tools
Balbalou 00:00 Tools
CHEIKN LÓ 00:00 Tools
Boul Di Tagale (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Balbalou (Featuring Ibrahim Maalouf) 00:00 Tools
cheikh lo - Mbalax 00:00 Tools
Shakara / Lady (Pt. One) 00:00 Tools
Beuguen Fallou 00:00 Tools
Shakara / Lady, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Ndogal (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Senegal-Brésil 00:00 Tools
Set (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Boul di Tagale - 2018 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Babma Mo Woor 00:00 Tools
Né la thiass - 2018 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Né La Thiass - Bamba Sunu Goorgui 00:00 Tools
Jamm (dub) 00:00 Tools
Guiss Guiss (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Bamba Sunu Goorgui (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Bamba sunu goorgui - 2018 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Set - 2018 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Bambu Sunu Goorgui (Bamba, Our Guide) 00:00 Tools
Shakara/Lady 00:00 Tools
Bodo Dioulassso 00:00 Tools
Senegal-Brasil 00:00 Tools
Doyal Naniou (Featuring Oumou Sanganré) 00:00 Tools
Warico (Dub) 00:00 Tools
Ne La Thaiss (remastered) 00:00 Tools
N'Dox 00:00 Tools
Cheikh Ibra Fall (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
N'Jarinu Garab (The Tree) 00:00 Tools
African 00:00 Tools
Né La Thiass (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Cheikh Lô / Zikroulahi (A Prayer For His Soul In Paradise) 00:00 Tools
Shakara-Lady (Part Two) 00:00 Tools
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking 00:00 Tools
Mbeddemi 00:00 Tools
Bamba Mф Woor 00:00 Tools
Zikr - Cheikh Lo 00:00 Tools
Shakara/Lady (Part Two) (feat. Chateau Flight) 00:00 Tools
Né La Thiass [Senegal] 00:00 Tools
Afrikadën 00:00 Tools
Jammu Africa 00:00 Tools
Doxamden 00:00 Tools
Fattaliku Damb 00:00 Tools
Guiss guiss - 2018 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Gemou Ma Ko (Live at Womad 2015) 00:00 Tools
Sénégal - Brésil 00:00 Tools
Cheikh Ibra Fall - 2018 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Africaden (Africa, Be One Nation) 00:00 Tools
Kouma Magni (Live at Womad 2015) 00:00 Tools
Africa Den - Cheick Lo 00:00 Tools
Warico Dub 00:00 Tools
Cheikh Lo - Boul Di Tagale 00:00 Tools
Shakara (part One) 00:00 Tools
201_cheikh_lo_-_set-sns 00:00 Tools
Fattaliku Dлmb 00:00 Tools
Mali 00:00 Tools
Bombay Gueej 00:00 Tools
Shakara / Lady (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Bamba Sunu Goorgul 00:00 Tools
Sйnйgal-Brйsil 00:00 Tools
Ne La Theiss 00:00 Tools
Balbalou f/ Ibrahim Maalouf 00:00 Tools
Degg Gui (Live at Womad 2015) 00:00 Tools
Degg Gui (feat. Flavia Coelho & Fix) 00:00 Tools
m beddemi 00:00 Tools
Lady (part two) (feat. Les Nubians, Manu Dibango, Chateau Flight & Shakara) 00:00 Tools
DEGG GUI (FEAT FLAVIA COELHO & FIXI) (RADIO EDIT) 00:00 Tools
Cheikh Lo: Jeunesses Senegal 00:00 Tools
Shakara Lady (P2) 00:00 Tools
Senegal Bresil 00:00 Tools
Eolly cagni 00:00 Tools
Lampfall 00:00 Tools
Shakara/Lady (part I) 00:00 Tools
Kelli Magni 00:00 Tools
Senegal-Br/sil 00:00 Tools
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Mbalax, the intricate dance music of Senegal, has been made more accessible to Western listeners by Cheikh Lô (born Cheikh N'Digel Lô). Softening the hard edges of mbalax and incorporating elements of salsa, Zairian/Congolese rhumba, folk, and jazz, Lô has created an infectious, hook-laden style of pop music. While Roots World described Lô's musical approach by writing "complemented by the acoustic guitar, exploding tama, and free-falling electric bass, Lô's voice has a rounded sweetness with poetic hills and valleys," Real Groove Magazine explained, "with its enigmatic complexity and so non 4/4 beat, mbalax has had difficulty outside West Africa. Where even N'Dour's overdone attempts to counter this problem have failed, [Lô] has succeeded. His acoustic approach gives a magic mbalax music that my friends can appreciate." Cora Correction, also with a similar view, wrote, "West Africa has produced the continent's most powerful singers and Lô easily earns a high position in the pantheon." The son of a successful jeweler, Lô was born in Bobo-Dioulasso, a small village near Senegal's border with Mali. He grew up speaking Bambara, Wolof, and French. As a youngster, he became fascinated with music and taught himself to play drums and guitar. In 1976, he accepted an invitation to join a local group, Orchestra Volta Jazz, as a percussionist. He remained with the band until moving to the capital city of Dakar in 1980. Lô quickly became involved with the music scene of Dakar. After a three-year stint as drummer for progressive vocalist Ouza, he joined the house band at the Hotel Savana in 1984. Although he performed with the group for a little over a year, the experience exposed him to a global range of pop influences. Emigrating to France in 1985, Lô found work as a session drummer in Paris. Soon afterward, he purchased his first guitar and began writing songs. Although he formed a band with Ivoirean and French musicians and began working on an album in 1987, the group separated before its completion. Lô's debut solo album, Doxandeme (Immigrants), was released as a cassette in 1990. Despite receiving a Nouveau Talent award, the album fell short of Lô's artistic expectations. Although he began working on a second album, he became disenchanted and canceled the project. For the next four years, he maintained a low profile. In 1995, Lô convinced Youssou N'Dour, whom he met in 1989 while playing on an album by traditional Wolof griot singer N'diaga M'baye, to produce an album for him. The resulting album, Ne La Thiass, was released on N'Dour's label, Jololi, shortly before Lô joined the multi-artist Jololi Revue tour in November 1996. Lô continued to promote the album during a European tour with his own eight-piece band, N'Diguel, in April 1997. The same year, Lô received Best Newcomer and Kora All-American awards in South Africa. Lô continued to expand his following to the United States as a featured performer with Africa Fete in 1998. The following year, he received the Ordre National de Merite de Leon from the president of Senegal. In 2000, he returned to recording with the release of Bambay Gueej. The title means "bamba, ocean of peace," and was co-produced by Nick Gold and Youssou N'Dour. Lamp Fall appeared in 2006 from Nonesuch Records. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.