Indeed Yus, but don't boogie, just rush to the next "mbalax" concert and
simply watch!  The new dance craze -- "Mayonnaisse" or "Jal Gatty" are
slightly seductive but dare not be tempted to join in.
Prepare yourself, it could send not only chill down your spine but.....

Eid Mubarak
Njok Malik


>From: Y C Jow <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Viviane Ndour in London
>Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:16:05 EST
>
>Madiba:
>
>As it concerns Gambian music, I am way out in no man's land.  I have
>neither
>heard of Viviane Ndour nor Falou Dieng.
>
>But after all the hype on the L by the likes of brother Njok Jeng of London
>and the Rhode Island crew, I have to replace my soccer shoes with my Mbalax
>ones to boogie to some of these tracks.  The last time I raided Prince
>Obrien's archives and downloaded 'Gambia' by Thione Secka, chills ran down
>my
>spine as I listened to him sing about Serrekunda, Bakau, Banjul etc etc.  I
>also downloaded some old school Super Etoile which sounded more like
>'Cubanismo' music.  Does anyone remember listening to a lot of this music
>on
>Radio Syd in the late 70's and early 80s? I believe we called it Pachanga
>music.  How did this shape the Mbalax music we have today?
>
>Overall, Senegambian musicians have done well.  It is not uncommon to catch
>a
>clip of Baba Maal's voice on a commercial on TV, or to hear musical
>collaborations between folks that play the Kora and a group like the
>Afro-Celtics.  Senegambian music has hit the big time these days.
>
>Yus
>
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