New African Orleans features Senegalese musician Alune Wade’s film and band in events at The Broad Theater and Broadside.

Senegalese musician Sahad Sarr's sound has been a decade in the making, and he is now showcasing it on his new album African ...

MBALAX EXPLORATIONS San Francisco’s Sonny Smith improvises music with Senegalese musicians on ‘The Diving Kind.’ (Photo by Stéphanie Pfister) On his latest album, The Diving Kind, Sonny Smith of San ...

Senegalese bassist Alune Wade has been exploring global musical connections for more than a decade. He worked on Marcus Miller’s 2015 jazz album “Afrodeezia.” At the same time, he partnered with Cuban ...

Image #: 16377677 DAKAR - DECEMBER 23: Singer Youssou Ndour, leader of the movement 'Fekke Ma Ci Boole', during the 23 June Movement (M23) rally called 'Congress of the People' at the Obelisk Square ...

Youssou N’Dour’s voice is one of the wonders of music, a soaring bird that has taken him around the globe from his native Dakar, Senegal, as a beloved, ever-visionary arts ambassador for more than ...

But his music has remained grounded in the Senegalese traditions of his youth. His songs in French, English and Wolof include long percussion solos by the tama, or talking drum."I was like a fisherman ...

Alune Wade’s face lit up when I asked when he first heard “Watermelon Man,” by jazz legend Herbie Hancock. He was 10 years old and living in Senegal, the singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and ...

MIT’s Senegalese drumming ensemble ventured to West Africa during IAP to practice the art of sabar. KAOLACK, Senegal – The MIT students have just finished dinner and are crumpling soda cans into trash ...

There are still very few female hip-hop artists in Senegal, but they are asserting their talents and strong personalities to shape the rap scene.