Youssou n'dour News

ARTICLE: Some African countries are just not viable, says philanthropist , By Daniel Howden, The Independent , 17 November 2009 Some truer words were never spoken: A month after withholding a $5m African leadership prize because there was no suitable recipient, the wealthy philanthropist Mo Ibrahim has caused another stir by saying that some ...

Tinariwen @ Le Poisson Rouge Tinariwen are touring North America in the first quarter of 2010 .

Singer Youssou N'Dour, a hero in his native Senegal and a major figure in world music, is the subject of this 2008 documentary.

SHEIK IN, WAINWRIGHT OUT: Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, who was to have his San Francisco Symphony-commissioned song cycle, "Five Shakespeare Sonnets," premiere at Davies Hall in April, has postponed, due to scheduling conflicts.

October 14, 2009 from WXPN - Put together astonishing lyricism and a talent for rhythm that recalls both hip-hop and the traditional music of Somalia, and you've got the gripping music of singer, rapper and poet K'naan . He was born Keinan Abdi Warsame in war-torn Somalia, and the violent backdrop of his childhood deeply influenced the budding ...

I Bring What I Love GRADE: B+ In 2004, African singer Youssou N'dour released "Egypt," an album shunned by N'dour's native country of Senegal.

Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column welcoming the first day of Rocktober with a hearty swill of the pilsner, a tip of the pumpkin and a rake of the leaf.

Actor Tom Bosley is 82. Actress-singer Julie Andrews is 74. Actor Stephen Collins is 62.

The 2005 Grammy winner for World Contemporary Music Album sings, "If you love me, I love you.

DURAN DURAN are set to record a version of a classic Midnight Oil track in a bid to raise climate change awareness.

MIDNIGHT Oil's indigenous land rights anthem Beds are Burning has been adapted for a global audience by 55 international celebrities who have joined together to draw attention to the global warming crisis.

The Avalon Theatre, Washington will present "I Bring What I Love" opening on Friday, September 11, 2009.

A biographical film about Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour didn't start out that way at all.

This was a festival dominated by two great veterans and a whole lot of newcomers a ' and it was Youssou N'Dour, who first appeared at Womad back in 1986, who provided one of the highlights.

Named the African Artiste of the Century by the English publication, Roots, at the threshold of 2000, internationally renowned Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour was in Jamaica recently recording his first reggae album at the famed Tuff Gong Recording Studio.

Good luck, Kim Marie; kudos to Duane Duane Stephenson Jamaican Kim Marie Spence has solidified her place in this year's staging of the Historic Commonwealth Women's Antarctic Expedition.

When the great West African singer Youssou N'Dour brought out his album "Egypt," a celebration of Islam that also championed a more tolerant view of the religion, he alienated his huge worldwide fan base and upset traditional Islamist vocalists.

Senegalese singer YOUSSOU NDOUR has launched a campaign to highlight the plight of his fellow Africans, who are struggling to contain a deadly malaria outbreak.

World-famous singer Youssou Ndour has a voice that is recognized across the globe.

Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour has used his star power to draw attention to the fight against malaria in his west African homeland, kicking off a new awareness campaign about the disease.