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BAABA ON ARTE - ONE SHOT NOT |
If you missed Baaba on Arte Channel's One Shot Not show, you can catch the performance of Dakar Moon online on the Arte website now.
WATCH ONLINE >
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FESTIVAL DU BOUT DU MONDE |
Baaba has been announced as part of the line-up for this year's Festival Du Bout Du Monde in Saint-Nazaire on August 6th 2010. For more info please visit the link below.
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LIVE@RED KIVA - AFRICA CHANNEL |
| Baaba recorded a great set and interview for Africa Channel's Live@Red Kiva series last year. If you missed it on TV you can watch it online now.
WATCH THE PROGRAM NOW >
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE BAABA MAAL TEAM |
2009 been quite a year including a new album release, a European tour, several 'In conversation with' dates across the US and Europe, The Mandela Day show, The Montreux Jazz Festival and an appearance at the Island50 event alongside fellow Island Records veterans U2. To see a great round-up of the year in images, please launch the gallery below.
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BAABA - PLAYING FOR CHANGE |
Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. Baaba has been working with them on their forthcoming release. To find out more, please visit the Playing For Change website which includes some great blog entries following Baaba through some recent shows in Senegal.
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BAABA AT THE FADER OPEN BAR |
Baaba performed a short set at The FADER's Open Bar in New York City. The footage is now live online and you can watch it by clicking the link below.
WATCH ONLINE NOW >
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BAABA LIVE IN LONDON - BARBICAN |
We are pleased to announce that Baaba Maal will be performing in celebration of South African singer Miriam Makeba who sadly passed away last year. He will performing alongside Angelique Kidjo, Asa, Vusi Mahlasela, Sayon Bamba, Dobet Gnahoré & the South African chorus .
FOR MORE INFO & TICKETS >
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RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY |
Baaba Maal discusses his life and music in this Red Bull Music Academy Fireside Chat. You can hear it online by clicking the link below.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN >
MORE INFO >
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BAABA - PODOR ASSIKO |
The Guardian newspaper have posted a great video on their youtube channel of Baaba performing his new track Podor Assiko.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH >
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BAABA ON NPR'S WORLD CAFE |
The World Cafe broadcast, hosted by David Dye, will feature a live session with Baaba Maal as well as an interview. You can catch it on the radio on on Wednesday December 16th 2009. The show can be heard on over 200 stations across the US. For more info on your local station, please see the link below.
MORE INFO >
worldwide, fans can connect to the WXPN Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm EST, here:
LISTEN ONLINE >
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AFRIPOP INTERVIEW |
Afripop caught up with Baaba while he was in the US doing his live in conversation dates. The interview covers some of the themes from the album as well as looking at Baaba's take on technology in Africa.
READ THE ARTICLE >
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BAABA ON US RADIO |
| Baaba Maal was travelling in the US doing live Q&A dates and on his travels he made several stops to do radio performances and interviews. Below are some links to some of these recent features online:
ECHOES INTERVIEW >
DAKAR MOON LIVE ON SOUNDCHECK >
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BAABA AND PAUL MORLEY |
Paul Morley's latest piece for the Guardian newspaper features a long extract from a piece he wrote on Baaba and his latest album release Television. The online piece also includes some great footage of Baaba performing in the recording studio.
SEE MORE >
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BAABA AT FESTIVAL ON THE NIGER |
Just announced - Baaba will be performing at the Festival On The Niger alongside Salif keita, Habib koite, Nahawa Doumbia and others. Festival On The Niger is a 5 day multidisciplinary festival taking place between Feb 3rd and Feb 7th 2010. This is the 6th Festival to take place in as many years.s
MORE INFO >
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BAABA ON KCRW |
Baaba was the special guest on KCRW in LA on their 'Morning Becomes Ecletic' show where he performed several tracks including Tindo, Dakar Moon, Koni and Djarabi. Follow the link and scroll down to the Baaba Maal section and click 'listen' to hear the live performances.
HEAR IT ONLINE >
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BAABA INTERVIEW ON AOL |
Baaba Maal is inviting everyone to Senegal, and AOL/Spinner thinks you should go!! Read the interview with Baaba Maal where he discusses the album and particular tracks in the context of his work with some of the issues facing Africa today.
READ IT ONLINE HERE >
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BAABA AT MANDELA DAY - AFRICAN WOMAN |
Mandela Day have posted some great footage from the event earlier this year at Radio City Music Hall, showing Baaba performing African Woman, accompanied by the Soweto Gospel Choir.
WATCH THE FOOTAGE ONLINE >
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BAABA AND KILA |
At this years Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland, Baaba Maal teamed up with the Gallic Ensemble Kila. Together they performed an impromptu show in one of the smaller tents at the festival. Below are links to some footage of the show itself, as well as a video of them all jamming backstage.
WATCH KILA AND BAABA JAMMING >
WATCH FOOTAGE FROM THE SHOW >
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MAURITANIA SHOWS - APOLOGIES |
Baaba Maal expresses his apologies to people in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou. Unfortunately, due to the release of his album in The United States and his commitments to this release, Baaba will not be able to perform as planned in those cities. New dates will be arranged shortly. Watch this space.
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BAABA ON CNN |
CNN have done a great feature on Baaba Maal's new album Television including an interview that touches on the themes from the album as a whole.
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BAABA US RELEASE |
Television will be released on August 25th and can be pre-ordered from our US shop. Just click the link below.
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BAABA US TOUR DATES JUST ANNOUNCED |
Baaba Maal has just announced his US tour dates for 2010! The tour wil take him to NY, CA and many other cities across the USA.
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BAABA ON AL JAZEERA |
Baaba Maal is interviewed in a special One on One feature for Al Jazeera.
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BAABA US PRESS |
As we gear up to the US release of the new album Television, Billboard.com has published their first feature on the album.
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BAABA INTERVIEW AT MANDELA DAY |
Baaba speaks about sharing the stage with musicians who influenced him and his message to Nelson Mandela on his birthday.
WATCH THE INTERVIEW ONLINE NOW > |
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TOP SPOT - EUROPEAN WORLD MUSIC CHARTS |
The new album Television is number 1 in the European World Music charts!
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OXFAM LETTER to G8 |
Baaba is one of many celebrities to sign an open letter on behalf of Oxfam addresses to the heads of the G8. The letter concerns their policy towards foreign aid. Others to sign the letter include Rahul Bose, Mary Robinson, Jeremy Hobbs, Bill Nighy, Oumou Sangare, Colin Firth, Annie Lennox, Musimbi Kanyoro, Scarlett Johannson, Angelique Kidjo, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Amadou and Mariam, and Bineta Diop.
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BRAZILIAN GIRLS |
The new album Television features Sabina and Didi of New-York based electro-pop sensation Brazilian Girls. To find out more about the band, please visit their various online profiles and website by clicking the links below.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE >
MYSPACE > |
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BAABA INTERVIEW ON THE BBC |
Check out the BBC interview with Baaba Maal online now. He discusses his new album and his recent work on issues that affect Africa and the causes he supports.
READ IT NOW > |
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NEW REVIEWS |
We've been getting more great reviews for the album Television.
DAILY EXPRESS - 4 star review "Sexy, funky and yet immensely warm and inviting, this release is highly recommended." READ >
WORD - Q + A feature READ >
WORD - album review READ >
MUSO'S GUIDE - interview READ > |
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TELEVISION REVIEWS |
Baaba's latest studio album television has been getting a lot of great press in the run up to the launch on June 1st.
To read more, please visit our press section..
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BAABA'S CELEBRITY PLAYLIST |
Baaba has just done a celebrity playlist with iTunes which is on the front page of the iTunes store today.
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BAABA'S SHOW BUILDS SCHOOLS IN SENEGAL |
In April 2009 Baaba performed a charity show at Mantes-La-Jolie. The show raised enough money to build 3 schools in Senegal so thank you to everyone who joined in and participated in helping the funds get raised.
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BAABA ON THE GUARDIAN PODCAST |
This week The Guardian podcast features an interview with Baaba as well as a live performance of Tindo. Baaba's segment starts at 29 minutes.
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BAABA'S NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL |
We're just launched the Baaba Maal youtube channel. Pay us a visit to see loads of backstage interviews, live show footage and sneak previews of the new music video for Television.
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BAABA ON BBC RADIO |
If you missed Baaba on the BBC radio show The Strand you can catch it again on the BBC iPlayer online now.
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BAABA ON JOOLS HOLLAND LATER LIVE |
Baaba performed on Jools Hollands' tuesday night show Later Live. He performed the track Dakar Moon. He will also be on Later with Jools Holland on Friday night playing International and Tindo from the new album.
TO WATCH LATER LIVE ON THE IPLAYER >
We caught up with Baaba Maal backstage at the show. WATCH THE VIDEO INTERVIEW HERE > |
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MANTES LA JOLIE REVIEW |
"La tradition a été respectée. Baaba Maal a ravi le public de Mantes la jolie où il se produisait le 25 avril dernier au profit de l’association « Séhilaabé Daandé-Lénol » du nom de sa formation musicale. Le roi du Yéla et ses musiciens sont apparus au meilleur de leur forme, livrant ainsi un spectacle de haute qualité, riche en mélodies et en surprises."
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BAABA DESERT ISLAND DISCS |
Baaba has been invited onto Desert Island Discs - the long-standing BBC Radio4 show presented by Kirsty Young. Baaba's selection and interview will be broadcast on Sunday 15th March at 11.15am and again on Friday 20th March at 9.02am.
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BAABA ON THE FAR CRY 2 SOUNDTRACK |
Baaba Maal has provided vocals for the soundtrack of the new hit video game Far Cry II, out now. The game was developed by Ubisoft for XBOX, PC and PS3. The soundtrack has already been noticed by gamers and industry boffins and is getting some great feedback all around.
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| BAABA AT TIBET HOUSE |
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Baaba has been announced as part of the line-up for the Tibet House 20th Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Friday, February 26th 2010. He will be performing alongside artists such as Philip Glass, Gogol Bordello, Regina Spektor, Patti Smith & Pierce Turner.
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| BLUES DU FLEUVE |
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Baaba performed at The Blues Du Fleuve festival in Senegal in December 2009. Images and footage coming soon so watch this space!!
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| NEW PROJECT LAUNCHED |
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YOURMEDIAISTHEFUTURE.TV is an online interactive art piece that maps out global media consumption by time and location. Users are invited to submit screenshots of their television, computer or PDA monitors to the database which is then displayed across a world map to create an ever-chaging visual depicting trends in media viewing across the globe, throughout the different hours of the day.
CLICK HERE TO GET INVOLVED >
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| JIM PALMER OPENING FOR BAABA |
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We are pleased to announce that Jim Palmer, who you might have seen playing percussion in Baaba's band over the last year, will be the supporting artist for Baaba's October dates. He will be playing tracks off his new EP Remember Makes You.
Check out his website now to hear the tracks (including Miya Miya featuring vocals by Baaba Maal) and buy it now.
JIM PALMER OFFICIAL SITE >
JIM PALMER MYSPACE >
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| BAABA'S NEW MUSIC VIDEO |
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The video for Baaba Maal's new track Television is now online. Check it out on our brand new Youtube channel.
WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE >
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| BAABA AND U2 |
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Baaba was performing at the Island50 show last night (alongside Yusuf Islam - formerly Cat Stevens) - when he was joined onstage by surprise special guest stars U2. The band played an acoustic set with Baaba Maal and guitarist Barry Reynolds. They performed One which seguayed into the classic Marley track One Love.
For more images see urbanimage.tv
READ ABOUT IT ON NME.COM>
WATCH SOME FOOTAGE FROM THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE >
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| BAABA ON CNN |
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Baaba Maal will be the focus of CNN's series African Voices this Saturday 16th May at 12:30 & 1930 BST / Sunday 17th May at 18:00 BST. In the show he talks about music, the rhythm of life and his work away from the studio. The show will also feature a sneak preview of the new video for Television so look out for that!!
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| ELECTRIC PROMS |
As part of the Electric Proms, The BBC have created a short film about the Africa Express trip to Lagos earlier this year. You can watch the video in 2 chapters by clicking the links below.
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| KAOUDING CISSOKO |
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The late great Kora player Kaouding Cissoko's brilliant album Kora Revolution has been rereleased and features vocals from Baaba Maal.
BUY ONLINE >
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| BAABA WINS THE GOLDEN DJEMBE AWARD |
Baaba Maal and the acoustic section of his orchestra, Dande Lenol, received "the Golden Djembé Award for African Integration", this weekend in Conakry. Baaba Maal received his award from the Guinean Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Aly Gilbert Ifono during the 9th edition of "the Golden Djembé Award Ceremony", a ceremony which sees the best Guinean musicians presented with awards, every year. Fallou Dieng (2007) and Pape Malick Samb AKA Pape Thiopett (2006) have also won the Golden Djembé Award during their career.
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