Youssou N'Dour at Amager Bio

Throughout his decades-long career, Youssou N’Dour’s roots in Senegalese traditional music and griot storytelling have remained the hallmark of his artistic personality. A daring innovator and staunch protector of the unique “Dakar overgroove,” N’Dour and his high-energy Super Étoile manage to fashion a sound that is both characteristically Senegalese and outward-looking, a contagiously exciting synthesis of musical languages. Rolling Stone calls N’Dour’s stunning tenor “a voice so extraordinary that the history of Africa seems locked inside it,” and Super Étoile has been lauded in The Village Voice as “the greatest band in the world.”...

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Throughout his decades-long career, Youssou N’Dour’s roots in Senegalese traditional music and griot storytelling have remained the hallmark of his artistic personality. A daring innovator and staunch protector of the unique “Dakar overgroove,” N’Dour and his high-energy Super Étoile manage to fashion a sound that is both characteristically Senegalese and outward-looking, a contagiously exciting synthesis of musical languages. Rolling Stone calls N’Dour’s stunning tenor “a voice so extraordinary that the history of Africa seems locked inside it,” and Super Étoile has been lauded in The Village Voice as “the greatest band in the world.”

Gennem hans årtier lange karriere har Youssou N'Dours rødder i senegalesisk traditionel musik og griot-historiefortælling været kendetegnende for hans kunstneriske virke. En dristig innovator og beskytter af det unikke "Dakar overgroove," N'Dour og hans højenergiske Super Étoile formår at skabe en lyd, der både er karakteristisk senegalesisk og udadvendt, en smittende spændende syntese af musikalske sprog. Rolling Stone kalder N'Dours fantastiske tenor “a voice so extraordinary that the history of Africa seems locked inside it,” og Super Étoile er blevet rost i The Village Voice som “the greatest band in the world.”

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