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PLAY: Youssou N’Dour, “Dakar-Kingston”
By: Shawn Amos
Senegal’s favorite son is still known to most Americans as the angelic voice at the end of Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes.” For the people of Africa, he is arguably the continent’s most famous musician and its most public ambassador. On “Dakar-Kingston,” N’Dour builds the musical bridge that links Senegal and Jamaica’s capitals. He’s got the help of reggae royalty and is smart enough to name-check the ones who couldn’t join him. Some of “Dakar-Kingston’s” lyrics border on silly (like the roll call of Bob Marley song titles that passes for the chorus of “Marley”). Still, the combination of Youssou’s griot-soul and Jamaican grooves is inescapably infectious. Play it for the positivity. 06/07/11 >> go there
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