Description
debut album remastered from the original 1995 cassette
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
Boul Di Tagale
06:04
2
Né La Thiass
04:25
3
Ndogal
05:27
4
Set
05:24
5
Cheikh Ibra Fall
04:28
6
Bamba Sunu Goorgui
04:53
7
Guiss Guiss
04:36
Releases
Formats
Cassette, CD, CDr, Vinyl
Labels
World Circuit, Saprom Productions, Radio Popolare
Countries
Germany, Italy, Japan, Senegal, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America
