Album Description
Daby Balde is one of Senegal's best kept musical secrets, long celebrated at home and now exploding onto the international scene. His stunning arrangements are based on the Fula traditions from the south of the country and feature the fiddle, accordion and flute alongside the more familiar West African sounds of the kora, acoustic guitar and percussion. With strikingly rich and beautiful melodies, captivating vocals and a repertoire of euphoric to melancholic, Daby Balde is a West African star on the rise.
`Wonderfully assured, full of subtle details. Daby Balde may well emerge as a major figure to stand alongside the internationally established Senegalese singers, Youssou N'Dour and Baba Maal.' Charlie Gillett BBC radio