Mbalax
Senegal's sabar-driven popular music
Mbalax adalah musik populer Senegal, dibangun di atas drum sabar dari Wolof dan dinyanyikan sebagian besar di Wolof. Ini bergabung dengan tradisi perkusi untuk Kuba, jazz dan pengaruh jiwa untuk menjadi suara negara mendefinisikan modern.
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Origin & history
Senegalese bands of the 1970s had been playing Cuban repertoire; mbalax came from turning back toward sabar drumming and Wolof language and song.
It became Senegal's dominant popular music and, through its best-known performers, one of the most widely heard West African sounds internationally.
Artis yang terkenal
Penyanyi Senegal yang pekerjaannya membawa mbalax ke hadirin internasional.
Tempat tinggalnya.
Di mana seniman ini berasal
11 Mbalax artis berada di TimTim.Live, dan 11 dari mereka memiliki kampung halaman umum. Di sinilah mereka berasal.
Negara-negara
Kota dan tempat
- Dakar (city), Senegal4
- Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso1
- Dakar (region), Senegal1
- Dogondoutchi, Nigeria1
- Dosso Region, Nigeria1
- Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso1
- Thiès, Senegal1
Beberapa seniman
Pertanyaan & Jawaban
What is mbalax?+
Mbalax is the popular music of Senegal, built on Wolof sabar drumming and sung mostly in Wolof, with Cuban and jazz influences in its arrangements.
What is a sabar?+
The sabar is a Senegalese drum, played with one hand and one stick, whose rhythms are at the centre of mbalax.
Where is mbalax from?+
Senegal.