When Baaba Maal comes to the Fillmore on Saturday, August 11, Bay Area audiences will get to hear a voice that is one of the wonders of the modern world: His expansive, slightly nasal tenor slides ...

Even though he has played and recorded with musicians from all across the globe, Senegalese guitarist Baaba Maal doesn’t think of himself as an international musician. “I see myself just as being a ...

Senegalese recording artist Baaba Maal will release "Television" September 15 on Palm. The album joins Maal with members of New York lounge-pop act Brazilian Girls to create eight songs of world-infus ...

It was almost inevitable that Baaba Maal would one day call an album The Traveller because for the Senegalese veteran travel and music are inextricable. The singer and guitarist belongs to the ...

LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - When Baaba Maal released his last album “The Traveller” in 2016, the Senegalese singer and guitarist wasn’t sure he would put out another record. Six years on, he is back ...

Though his career stems from modest beginnings, the Senegalese singer, guitarist and percussionist Baaba Maal is one of the most renowned musicians in the world. At a young age, Maal devoted himself ...

‘I feel great,’ says Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal, when I ask how he’s feeling about turning 70 this year. ‘I get to do something I love in my heart. Music gave me the gift to see the world ...

Senegalese superstar Baaba Maal has been recording for close to four decades, and at age 69 he still sounds relentlessly, almost eerily contemporary. While his first album, 1984’s Djam Leelii, ...

In West Africa, Europe and the world-music scene, the beloved Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal is a superstar. He's long been known for bridging the griot tradition of West African bards with ...

Baaba Maal was inspired as much by thirst for adventure as for learning when, as a young Paris conservatory student, he persuaded his teachers to let him spend two years collecting songs and stories ...

To average music enthusiasts, his name may not easily ring a bell. But for connoisseurs of afro-fusion rhythms, Baaba Maal is celebrated as one of Senegal’s leading performing artistes and exponent of ...

Each year, during the late winter, musicians across West Africa travel to Senegal for the Festival of the Rivers, organised by music legend Baaba Maal. This programme travels to the 'Ancient Kingdom ...