Artist
Vocalist and drummer born 1955 in the town of Bobo Dioulasso in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Having been a member of the Orchestre Volta Jazz he moved to Senegal and performed with several mbalax bands in 1978. In 1985 he bought his first guitar and began composing his own songs and later moved to Paris and worked as a studio musician. In 1990 he recorded his first cassette in Dakar. Youssou N'Dour produced his debut album, "Ne La Thiass" in 1995.
Cheikh Lo is a Muslim and member of the Baye Fall brotherhood, a part of the larger brotherhood Mouride who wear dreadlocks and are often icorrectly mistaken as Rastafarian.
Tracks
1
Sou
03:03
2
Lamp Fall
04:32
3
Xalé
04:12
4
Kelle Magni
04:08
5
Sénégal - Brésil
04:24
6
Sante Yalla
04:36
7
Toogayu M'Bedd
03:58
8
N'Galula
03:49
9
Sama Kaani Xeen̄
04:29
10
Bamba Mô Woor
03:48
11
Fattaliku Dëmb
03:09
12
Kelle Magni (Encore)
04:00
13
Zikroulah
02:43
Releases
Labels
Nonesuch, World Circuit
Countries
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America