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Baayo - Baaba Maal
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  1. Baayo
  2. Mariama
  3. Joulowo
  4. Diahowo
  5. Baaba
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  1. Baayo
  2. Mariama
  3. Joulowo
  4. Diahowo
  5. Baaba
  6. Bouyel
  7. Yero Mama
  8. Agouyadji
  9. Dogata
  10. Samba
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Reissued on Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures label, Baayo is the logical extension of the gorgeous duet recording Baaba Maal did with fellow Senegalese guitarist and singer Mansour Seck, Djam Leelii, issued two years previously. Seck is back here, but this is clearly Maal's show. On one hand, he sticks very close to the open, droning whole-tone melodies in traditional Senegalese folk music. On the other, along with Seck and three other guitarists -- who all play in Senegal's kora-like style of fingerpicking on nylon strings ...

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