YOUSSOUPHA SIDIBE,"BAAY FAAL"

The music of YOUSSOUPHA SIDIBE is deeply infused with a longing for the full realizationof divine love in this world. YOUSSOUPHA SIDIBE’s musical career began over twentyyears ago in his home of Senegal, West Africa, where he was trained as a Kora player atthe National Music Conservatory of Senegal. His music fuses traditional West Africansounds on the Kora, with the Sufi devotional chanting of the Senegalese Baay Faalcommunity. The angelic sounds of the Kora, an indigenous harp, soulfully carryYOUSSOUPHA SIDIBE’s heartrending devotional lyrics.

Since his arrival on the international music circuit, YOUSSOUPHA has recorded, performed,and/or collaborated with artists such as India Arie, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, CharlesNeville, Future Man, Michael Franti and Spearhead, and Matisyahu. His latest collaboration,“Shalom/Salaam”, was with artist Matisyahu, on the album entitled “Youth”. “Youth” alsocontains an additional track, “Ancient Lullaby”, which features Youssoupha on Kora. RollingStone Magazine picked “Shalom/Salaam” as one of the two “key tracks” on the album.Since it’s release, “Youth” has gone Gold, and in January 2007, the album was nominatedfor a Grammy award for best reggae album of the year.
YOUSSOUPHA’s music has served to invoke the divine through Sufi sound in the presenceof many large and diverse groups of people. YOUSSOUPHA has performed, recorded, andled healing music workshops throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa. He hasgraced the stages of many notable venues such as Reggae on the River, Manhattan Center,Earthdance World Peace Festival, The Warfield Theatre, and many more. His music isinspiring and empowering for people of all ages. The sound of the Kora beautifully blendswith the powerful human emotion and faith that YOUSSOUPHA embodies. Sacred Soundbrings a new dimension to the celebration of humankind.
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