Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Light up the Midnight
- Light
- JOURNEY of PEACE of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke
- Unknown
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Senegal
- Active from
- 1955
mbalax
Discography
- Né La Thiass1996
- Inedits1999
- Bambay Gueej1999
- Lamp Fall2005
- Jamm2010
- Balbalou2015
- Maame2025
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 76,610
- Total plays
- 561,189
Tags
senegalafricanworldafricaWorld Music
Mbalax, the intricate dance music of Senegal, has been made more accessible to Western listeners by Cheikh Lô (born Cheikh N'Digel Lô). Softening the hard edges of mbalax and incorporating elements of salsa, Zairian/Congolese rhumba, folk, and jazz, Lô has created an infectious, hook-laden style of pop music. While Roots World described Lô's musical approach by writing "complemented by the acoustic guitar, exploding tama, and free-falling electric bass <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cheikh+L
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Senegal
- Place of birth
- Bobo-Dioulasso
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Islam
- Genre
- soukous
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- World Circuit
- Official website
- cheikhlomusic.com
- Image
- Cheikh Lo Way Out West 2013 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1955-00-00
- Commons category
- Cheikh Lô
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1046892
Sources (1)
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