LABOUR w/ Bada Seck

This month’s show features the great living sabar player, Bada Seck. Hailing from Cassamance and based in Dakar, we begin with his 1997 release 'Génération Boul Falé' with vocals from Fatou Toure, Joe Mbaye and himself in the greatest era of Mbalax, before several Ya Cheikh tracks from 1990 featuring Bada Seck on sabar throughout, followed by two tracks with Bada Seck by Mark Ernestus’ Jeri-Jeri, one with previous guest Mbene Diatta Seck, and one with upcoming feature and legendary percussionist Doudou Ndiaye Rose. A longtime collaborator of Baaba Maal, this show closes with the Hollywood soundtrack of Black Panther featuring the singer with Bada Seck in the percussion ensemble, just after three modern mbalax tracks from Dakar in the last weeks by Aida Samb and Akhlou Brick.