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]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >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 > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>