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Baaba Maal Releases New Track 'Freak Out (Baba Ali Remix)'
by Michael Major - June 07, 2023 The Relived Mix of “Freak Out” follows Baaba Maal’s joyous performance at London’s Barbican last week, enthralling an audience who had their awareness raised and their hearts lifted. Additionally, Maal has announced a performance and signing event at Rough Trade NYC on June 20th at 6pm.... 
Baaba Maal Named United Nations Goodwill Ambassador
by Michael Major - April 17, 2023 Seeing no difference between reaching people as a musician and as a humanitarian, between being the voice of Wakanda in Marvel’s Black Panther films and advocating urgent and constructive environmental action, his new role will expand on work he has been doing as a Land Ambassador with the United Na... 
Baaba Maal Releases New Track 'Freak Out Feat. The Very Best'
by Michael Major - March 01, 2023 Extending his productive partnership with producer and multi-instrumentalist Johan Hugo Karlberg (Self Esteem, The Very Best, Santigold), his first album since 2016’s The Traveller, Being was recorded in Brooklyn, London and Senegal and confirms Maal as one of the most uniquely compelling and consta... 
Baaba Maal Releases New Track 'Agreement'
by Michael Major - January 25, 2023 Production from Johan Hugo treads a magical line between ancient and modern, the hypnotic, looping track emerges from a riff played by Barou Sall, a Hoddu master and long time Baaba Maal collaborator. This traditional Senegalese instrument which prefigures the banjo accompanies Baaba’s pure, searchi... 
Baaba Maal Announces New Album 'Being'
by Michael Major - December 01, 2022 Extending his productive partnership with producer and multi-instrumentalist Johan Karlberg (Self Esteem, The Very Best, Santigold), his first album since 2016’s The Traveller, ‘Being’ was recorded in Brooklyn, London and Senegal and confirms Maal as one of the most uniquely compelling and constantl... 
Africa Express Share New Track WHERE WILL THIS LEAD US TO? Featuring Moonchild Sanelly
by Tori Hartshorn - June 26, 2019 'Where Will This Lead Us To?' is the fourth track taken from Africa Express' forthcoming studio album EGOLI.... 
GRAMMYS 2019: Meet the Nominees for 'Album of the Year'
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 07, 2019 This Sunday, live from STAPLES Center, and hosted by Alicia Keys, is the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards. The event will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.... 
The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Presents ALJO + AFROBEAT = FELA!
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2019 Multi-GRAMMY Award-winning composer/pianist/educator Arturo O'Farrill and the non-profit The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) are thrilled to announce NYC's premier Afrobeat concert of 2019, ALJO + AFROBEAT = FELA!, featuring O'Farrill and his 18-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) alongside Tony ... 
Marvel Music And Hollywood Records Release BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA REMIXED EP
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 17, 2018 Available today from Marvel Music/Hollywood Records is the Black Panther: Wakanda Remixed digital EP, featuring 5 remixes of tracks from the original motion picture soundtrack composed by Grammy-nominated composer and songwriter Ludwig Göransson. Göransson produced and remixed two of the five tracks...
Grammy-Winner Miguel Launches the KCRW / Annenberg Foundation's 2017 Sound in Focus Series
by A.A. Cristi - July 06, 2017 KCRW and the Annenberg Foundation launch the 2017 SOUND IN FOCUS series -- free, all-ages concerts held at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City -- on Saturday, July 15 with a headlining performance from Grammy-winning R&B artist Miguel, an opening set by Brooklyn-based multi-instrume... |
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