In West Africa, Europe and the world-music scene, the beloved Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal is a superstar. He's long been known for bridging the griot tradition of West African bards with ...

It was almost inevitable that Baaba Maal would one day call an album The Traveller because for the Senegalese veteran travel and music are inextricable. The singer and guitarist belongs to the ...

Senegalese singer Baaba Maal appears in this archival episode of Mountain Stage, recorded in January 1995. Maal is among Senegal's best-known musicians, with a worldwide following and a performance ...

Senegalese superstar Baaba Maal has been recording for close to four decades, and at age 69 he still sounds relentlessly, almost eerily contemporary. While his first album, 1984’s Djam Leelii, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “Who”, asks a visitor to the British Library, “is that man over there?” The designer-clad man in his early sixties ...

Senegalese recording artist Baaba Maal will release "Television" September 15 on Palm. The album joins Maal with members of New York lounge-pop act Brazilian Girls to create eight songs of world-infus ...

To soundtrack the moment in Black Panther when we’re first transported to Wakanda, director Ryan Coogler and score composer Ludwig Göransson knew they needed something special. They found it in Baaba ...