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Infobox musical artist| image =| name = Baaba Maal| caption =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1953|11|12| origin = Podor , Senegal | instrument =| genre = Yela music|Yela , Worldbeat | occupation = Singer , songwriter , Music Composer | years_active = 1989& ndash;present| label =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.baabamaal.tv/ http://www.baabamaal.tv| notable_instruments = Baaba Maal (born 12 November 1953) is a Senegal ese singer and guitar ist born in Podor , on the Senegal River . In addition to acoustic guitar , he also plays percussion . He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a United Nations Development Programme|UNDP Youth Emissary.
Biography
Baaba Maal was expected to follow his father and become a fisherman . However, under the influence of his lifelong friend Mansour Seck , Baaba devoted himself to learning music from his mother and his school's headmaster. He went on to study music at the university in Dakar before leaving for postgraduate studies on a scholarship at École des Beaux-Arts|Beaux-Arts in Paris . He is well known in Africa and internationally is probably Senegal's most famous musician after Youssou N'Dour .
Baaba sings primarily in Pulaar http://www.undp.org/goodwill/baaba.shtml Baaba Maal: African performer sings and acts on his social conscience and is the foremost promoter of the traditions of the Fula language|Pulaar -speaking peoples who live on either side of the Senegal River in the ancient Senegalese kingdom of Futa Tooro .
In 1998, Baaba recorded "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" for the Red Hot Organization ’s compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody a tribute to George Gershwin which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease.In 2002, Baaba again worked with the Red Hot Organization and appeared on a track titled "No Agreement" alongside Res (singer)|Res , Tony Allen (musician)|Tony Allen , Ray Lema , Positive Black Soul and Archie Shepp for the tribute album to Fela Kuti , Red Hot + Riot .
On 7 July 2007 Baaba performed at the Live Earth concert, Johannesburg|South African leg of Live Earth .
Baaba Maal's album On The Road , a live acoustic album recorded straight from the mixing boards of his shows over the last ten years, was released on 10 August 2008. A new studio album, Television, was released on 1 June 2009.
Music
After returning from study in Paris, Baaba studied traditional music with his blind guitarist and family griot , Mansour Seck , and began performing with the band Daande Lenol . Baaba's fusions continued into the next decade with his '' Firin' in Fouta '' (1994) album, which used ragga , salsa music|salsa and Breton harp music to create a popular sound that launched the careers of Positive Black Soul , a group of rappers, and also led to the formation of the Afro-Celt Sound System . His fusion tendencies continued on 1998's Nomad Soul (album)|Nomad Soul , which featured Brian Eno as one of seven record producer|producers . In addition to his various solo releases, he was featured on two tracks - "Bushes" and "Dunya Salam" - on the concept album 1 Giant Leap .
He also featured on two tracks "Hunger" and "Still" on the Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down soundtrack and performed on the title track of the 2008 video game Far Cry 2 http://www.african-music-safari.com/baaba-maal.html Baaba Maal - The International Star Of Senegal Music. He will be playing at Bonnaroo and the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival in 2010.
He has recently featured on a track on the new Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly album entitled All of This Yours .
Baaba Maal sang the track for Kerala Tourism's 2010 ad campaign 'Your moment is waiting' with music composed by One Giant Leap. http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory.asp? section_id=1& news_id=39575& pict=1& tag=6400 New Kerala Tourism campaign: Copy cat or creativity unleashed?
http://baaba-maal.worldbeatplanet.com/ Info page at WorldBeatPlanet
http://www.palmpictures.com/music/live-at-the-royal-festival-hall-ep/ Baaba Maal @ Palm Pictures
http://www.bluemountainmusic.tv/ Publishing rights for Baaba Maal's work is administered by Blue Mountain Music
External links
http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/baaba-maal_0509.htm 2009 Interview with Baaba Maal on musicOMH
http://www.itunes.com/podcast? id=294726150 2009 Podcast interview with Baaba Maal on Flyglobalmusic.com
http://www.flyglobalmusic.com/fly/archives/africamiddle_east_features/baaba_maal_-_vo.html 2005 Feature with Baaba Maal on Flyglobalmusic.com
http://www.afropop.org/multi/interview/ID/16/Baaba+Maal%2C+July+2001/ 2001 Afropop Worldwide Interview with Baaba Maal
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php? id=45732 Baaba Maal Interview at allaboutjazz
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