Youssou N'Dour
I discovered Youssou N'Dour when I was flying back from China in December. I decided that there were no movies I wanted to see on the Cathay flight back. Yes, I know. There were dozens of movies, and I had seen all the ones I had wanted to see -- and there are only a few movies that bears watching twice.
I searched the Internet, looking for a specific song from him -- looking for videos. The first I found was N'Dour in concert with Peter Gabriel at Bercy, Paris, for Amnesty 1998. In Your Eyes happens to be one of my favourite songs, so here it is, for no other reason than it features N'Dour and Gabriel. Enjoy.
For those not familiar with N'Dour: he's a Senegalese singer and percussionist, famous for helping to develop the popular mbalax music in Senegal. He began performing at age 12 in Dakar, and eventually became one of the most celebrated African musicians. He's performed with numerous western artists, and is noted for having written and performed the 1998 FIFA World Cup anthem with Axelle Red. (And I should plug K'naan, the Somali-Canadian rapper that takes the credit for the 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem.)
Specifically though, I was looking for Immigrés/Bitim Rew, from his 1984 album, Immigrés. I couldn't find a video, but here's the audio, for your listening pleasure.
I searched the Internet, looking for a specific song from him -- looking for videos. The first I found was N'Dour in concert with Peter Gabriel at Bercy, Paris, for Amnesty 1998. In Your Eyes happens to be one of my favourite songs, so here it is, for no other reason than it features N'Dour and Gabriel. Enjoy.
For those not familiar with N'Dour: he's a Senegalese singer and percussionist, famous for helping to develop the popular mbalax music in Senegal. He began performing at age 12 in Dakar, and eventually became one of the most celebrated African musicians. He's performed with numerous western artists, and is noted for having written and performed the 1998 FIFA World Cup anthem with Axelle Red. (And I should plug K'naan, the Somali-Canadian rapper that takes the credit for the 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem.)
Specifically though, I was looking for Immigrés/Bitim Rew, from his 1984 album, Immigrés. I couldn't find a video, but here's the audio, for your listening pleasure.
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