Infused with a deep sense of integrity and spirituality, Cheikh Lô's 1996 album 'Ne La Thiass' won the Senegalese musician both critical acclaim and an international audience, and led to comparisons with both Youssou N'Dour and Baaba Maal.
His eclectic musical palette - informed by time spent in Mali and Paris - is underpinned by complex m'balax rhythms, both forming a colourful backdrop to his hugely expressive voice.
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World Circuit Records have established their reputation by producing some of the finest world music albums of the past two decades, specialising in music from Cuba and West Africa. The label is best known for the GRAMMY winning Buena Vista Social Club album, which is the biggest selling world music album of all time, and led to the phenomenal rise in popularity of Cuban music. 10 years after their historic concert in New York, World Circuit release Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall.
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