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Cheikh Lô

Mbalax, the intricate dance music of Senegal, continues to be produced more accessible to American listeners by Cheikh Lô (given birth to Cheikh N’Digel Lô). Softening the hard sides of mbalax and incorporating components of salsa, Zairian/Congolese rhumba, folk, and jazz, Lô has generated an infectious, hook-laden design of pop …

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