“It Might Get Loud” gave us a celebration of musicians and their electric guitars. Now the documentary “Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love” (opened September 4 at Reading Gaslamp Stadium Theaters) ...

Arriving on foot - and, to his PR's surprise, on time - Youssou N'Dour wears jeans, black leather sandals and a blue-and-purple Paisley shirt. Were it not for his quietly commanding aura, you'd hardly ...

“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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Grammy Award-winning Youssou N’Dour is a superstar of world music from Senegal in West Africa, famous in Africa and Europe, now winning a North American ...

Senegalese singer and songwriter Youssou N'Dour tries to create a more positive image of Islamic culture in Africa with his music. Jeffrey Brown speaks with N'Dour about his music and his message.

The British magazine Folk Roots did not hesitate to name him “African Artist of the Century”, while the New York Times described the unmistakable pathos and incredibly warm timbre of his voice as "a ...

While the Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour is certainly the most famous singer in Africa, in the U.S., he’s probably still best known for his duets with Peter Gabriel (“In Your Eyes,” “Shaking the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop singer Youssou N'Dour's 2004 album of Islamic music earned him a boycott by some Muslim fans, but in a new documentary about the album, "Egypt," he says the music has ...

During the Eighties Neneh Cherry charted a critically cool career, from the punk-jazz leftfield to her 1988 hit "Buffalo Stance". But it was her duet the following decade with Youssou N'Dour which ...

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 ...