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Tuesday 31 October 2017

The Baobab Boys Are Back!

Had an excellent night out last night, watching the current line-up of Senegal's legendary Orchestra Baobab bopping away in Camden. It was good to see many of the original members still involved, and showing the youngsters a thing or two. Coming after the - possibly even better - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou gig a few months back, this is clearly a vintage year for veteran West African orchestras.


At the other end of the age and experience scale, I also enjoyed seeing Girl Ray while on my travels in Eindhoven last week. Their debut album, "Earl Grey" - see what they did there? - is recently out and well worth a listen.


Here's a couple of golden oldies from the golden oldies, and a video clip from the bright young things.

"Kelen Ati Len" - Orchestra Baobab

"Jirim" - Orchestra Baobab

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