Earlier this month, Youssou N'Dour performed at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, as part of the Africa Rising festival, along with John Legend and Jay-Z. Rolling Stone called his "a stirring performance," and the Washington Post says he "turned in the festival's most riveting performance, a 25-minute set filled with deeply soulful vocals sung in multiple languages over insistent, syncopated African rhythmic patterns and the night's funkiest drum breaks."
Earlier this month, Youssou N'Dour performed at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, as part of the multi-national and multi-event Africa Rising festival of music and fashion. After events in Nigeria last month, the festival arrived Stateside with what Rolling Stone called "a stirring performance by Senegal’s Youssou N’Dour," who shared the bill with singer-songwriter John Legend and hip-hop mogul Jay-Z .
The Washington Post's J. Freedom du Lac writes in the paper's PostRock blog's coverage from the The Kennedy Center:
N'Dour turned in the festival's most riveting performance, a 25-minute set filled with deeply soulful vocals sung in multiple languages over insistent, syncopated African rhythmic patterns and the night's funkiest drum breaks. The bespectacled artist wore all white (dashiki, pants, shoes) and was a commanding presence on stage, particularly when he went on soaring vocal runs, during which he sounded like a Sufi devotional singer.
Read the full report at blog.washingtonpost.com.
The final Africa Rising concert is scheduled for October 14 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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