Independent (UK): Four Stars to Youssou N'Dour's London Show

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Youssou N'Dour was in London this week to perform with his Super Etoile band at Indig02, and The Independent gives the show four stars. The paper sees Youssou's latest Nonesuch release, Rokku Mi Rokka (Give and Take), as "the weave of percussion, bass lines and quicksilver guitars with N'Dour's extraordinary voice that stands out. His singing is a rhythmic device as much as an emotional force."

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Youssou N'Dour was in London this week to perform with his Super Etoile band at Indig02, and The Independent gives the show four stars. Reviewing the event, writer Tim Cumming refers to the latest Nonesuch release from Youssou and the band, Rokku Mi Rokka (Give and Take), as "a muscular recording inflected by the blues, reggae and Cuban rhythms that originated from, and returned to, West Africa, alongside rhythms from the north of Senegal." Cumming sees it as "the weave of percussion, bass lines and quicksilver guitars with N'Dour's extraordinary voice that stands out. His singing is a rhythmic device as much as an emotional force."

To read the concert review, visit independent.co.uk.

  • Thursday, April 3, 2008
    Independent (UK): Four Stars to Youssou N'Dour's London Show

    Youssou N'Dour was in London this week to perform with his Super Etoile band at Indig02, and The Independent gives the show four stars. Reviewing the event, writer Tim Cumming refers to the latest Nonesuch release from Youssou and the band, Rokku Mi Rokka (Give and Take), as "a muscular recording inflected by the blues, reggae and Cuban rhythms that originated from, and returned to, West Africa, alongside rhythms from the north of Senegal." Cumming sees it as "the weave of percussion, bass lines and quicksilver guitars with N'Dour's extraordinary voice that stands out. His singing is a rhythmic device as much as an emotional force."

    To read the concert review, visit independent.co.uk.

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