Cheikh Lô is his own worst enemy. At his best, he's one of Africa's most brilliant musicians, a distinctive, soulful singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who can cover anything from funk to ...

The West African nation of Senegal is home of two of the biggest stars in modern world music, Youssou N'Dour and Baaba Maal, whose output has ranged from sabar drum-driven mbalax and other local ...

Cheikh Lô is sitting in the driver's seat of an old Mercedes, the chair flung far back, the smoke curling from a spliff up and out of the cracks at the top of the darkened windows. A string of Islamic ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two views of West Africa were on offer: one global, one local. Cheikh Lô looked west from Senegal towards the ...

In the end I realised there’s a Buena Vista Social Club user-friendliness about Lo’s studio work, particularly - needless to say - on the songs which have a strong Cuban influence. So my only hope was ...

"Lamp Fall," the new CD from Senegalese singer, drummer, guitarist and composer Cheikh Lo, leads off more laid back than his last release "Bambay Gueej." Starting with calm intimacy, the album ...

Cheikh Lo is from Senagal, but his music is steeped in rhythms from all over the world. In fact, many of the rhythms for his new CD came from work he did in Brazil with producer Nick Gold, known for ...

The album is laid-back and glossily produced. Previously, Lo had been on the revered world music label World Circuit (home of the Buena Vista Social Club) but this is on a newish Paris label called ...

As the semester comes to a close, students will have the chance to experience a soulful West African innovator perform his own blend of Central and Western African music styles. Cheikh Lô will be ...

Mbalax, the intricate dance music of Senegal, has been made more accessible to Western listeners by Cheikh Lô (born Cheikh N'Digel Lô). Softening the hard edges of mbalax and incorporating elements of ...

Lamp Fall redefines the meaning of fusion as Cheikh Lo breathes new life into the genre, seamlesly mixing and blending various influences and sounds from around the globe to create his own style. This ...

It’s most unlikely that 2005 will yield a more irresistible African album than Lamp Fall, the third CD by Senegal’s Cheikh Lô. It was recorded in Dakar, London & Brazil, with a core band, plus a ...