World Report 2006

Cheikh Lo - Lamp Fall (2006) {World Circuit-Nonesuch 79938-2}
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© 2006 World Circuit / Nonesuch | 79938-2
International / Afro-Pop / African Traditions / West African

Lamp Fall is the first international release from the Senegalese singer/songwriter and guitarist Cheikh Lô. Issued on World Circuit, it is a collection of traditional and original songs that heavily showcase his trademark mbalax drums, reggae grooves, and funky polyrhythms, with a host of colors and textures added by widely varying instrumentation. This time out, Lô goes to Brazil for inspiration – about half the album's tracks were recorded in Bahia. Lamp Fall's opener, "Sou," is a traditional song with a radically different arrangement.

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