Cheikh Lô is sitting in the driver's seat of an old Mercedes, the chair flung far back, the smoke curling from a spliff up and out of the cracks at the top of the darkened windows. A string of Islamic ...
Cheikh Lo is from Senagal, but his music is steeped in rhythms from all over the world. In fact, many of the rhythms for his new CD came from work he did in Brazil with producer Nick Gold, known for ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two views of West Africa were on offer: one global, one local. Cheikh Lô looked west from Senegal towards the ...
In the end I realised there’s a Buena Vista Social Club user-friendliness about Lo’s studio work, particularly - needless to say - on the songs which have a strong Cuban influence. So my only hope was ...
Show: Wednesday at Lisner Auditorium. Show starts at 8 p.m. 202-994-6800. www.lisner.org. $15-$45. Like many West African singers, Cheikh Lo performs in various languages. These include Wolof, which ...
The Senegalese singer’s star has waned since his startling arrival a decade ago, but this lavishly produced fifth album finds him back on form. Recorded in Sweden and Paris, it’s packed with sleek ...
Lamp Fall redefines the meaning of fusion as Cheikh Lo breathes new life into the genre, seamlesly mixing and blending various influences and sounds from around the globe to create his own style. This ...
It’s most unlikely that 2005 will yield a more irresistible African album than Lamp Fall, the third CD by Senegal’s Cheikh Lô. It was recorded in Dakar, London & Brazil, with a core band, plus a ...
As part of my homework before last night’s gig at the Scala I played Senegalese singer Cheikh Lo’s latest album Jamm over and over again, waiting for some of its tunes to lodge in my mind - waiting to ...
"Lamp Fall," the new CD from Senegalese singer, drummer, guitarist and composer Cheikh Lo, leads off more laid back than his last release "Bambay Gueej." Starting with calm intimacy, the album ...
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