“There is nothing left here!” the king of mbalax cried. The crowd roared. “This is no longer the Eldorado.” Another cheer went up from the sea of people squeezed onto the dance floor of Bercy Stadium ...

On his new disc, veteran Senegalese singer-songwriter Youssou N’Dour continues to contemplate issues of freedom and religious bliss over a musical template blending African and Western pop. Among ...

YOUSSOU N'DOUR songs and albums, peak chart positions, career stats, week-by-week chart runs and latest news.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A quiet corner of the 13th arrondissement. In the factory across the road, France’s state tapestries are woven. On ...

Born in Dakar in 1959, N'Dour is a singer endowed with remarkable range and poise, and, as a composer, bandleader, and producer, with a prodigious musical intelligence. The New York Times has ...