Introducing Daby Balde

Daby Balde | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: World Music Network
• ASIN: B000AR9Z3Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #367,808 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #100 in Music > World Music > Africa > Senegal & Gambia

Editorial Reviews

Daby Balde is one of Senegal’s best-kept musical secrets, long celebrated at home and now exploding on to the international scene. His stunning arrangements are based on his 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 that ranges from euphoric to melancholic, Daby Balde is a West African star on the rise.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daby Balde, September 1, 2006

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Luke Edwards-stuart - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introducing Daby Balde (Audio CD)

First discovered this singer at WOMAD. He blew us all away and this album took me straight back there. It's fantastic. Mellow, melodic and full of soul. Love it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was immediately entranced by this artist's sound, May 10, 2010

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A. Lane Reno - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introducing Daby Balde (Audio CD)

I first heard Daby Balde on a Satellite TV music station--I was busy in the other room when he struck me with his sound--I stopped what I was doing and went quickly to the living room to listen to the television. I grabbed pencil and paper, wrote his name down and went to Amazon and ordered Introducing Daby Balde. I am smitten with his music. I FEEL it; the sadness, the joy, the hope. You do not need to understand the language to understand his songs. I have listened to this CD over and over and over, and still he hypnotizes me.