After kicking off the California leg his of US tour last night in Santa Cruz, Youssou N'Dour will make two more stops in northern California before heading down to Los Angeles this Saturday. Gearing up for the concert at UCLA's Royce Hall, the Los Angeles Times praises Youssou's "inimitable vocals, with their seductive timbral span" and argues that "a pretty convincing case could be made for N'Dour as one of the world's most visible and successful international artists."
After kicking off the California leg his of US tour last night in Santa Cruz, Youssou N'Dour will make two more stops in northern California before heading down to Los Angeles this Saturday. Gearing up for the concert at UCLA's Royce Hall, the Los Angeles Times praises Youssou's "inimitable vocals, with their seductive timbral span" and argues that "a pretty convincing case could be made for N'Dour as one of the world's most visible and successful international artists."
Writing for the Times's calendarlive.com, Don Heckman says that all of the critical attention Youssou has received over the years, most recently for his album Rokku Mi Rokka (Give and Take), has not been overstated:
Youssou N'Dour has been called "the African voice of the century" and "one of the world's greatest singers." That may suggest a whiff of hyperbole, but not in the case of N'Dour, who has been thrilling audiences with his contemporized versions of Senegalese mbalax music for nearly three decades, and who was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people this year.
To read more of the LA Times preview, visit calendarlive.com.
