Idriss Sarla | pt

En Juin 2008, Idrissa DIop parrain du cinquième festival Afrikakeur de Dakar a ouvert le festival par un concert mémorable à l’Empire des Enfants (Refuge pour enfants des rues à la médina) Idrissa Diop Experience (AZ/Universal) 2004 Longue silhouette ceinte par une veste de cuir noir égayée de motifs colorés, casquette sombre vissée sur la tête, un ouvrage de Sénèque à la main : Idrissa Diop est paré pour défendre son dernier album, réalisé à Philadelphie dans l’écurie d’Hendel Tucker (Fugees, Daddy Nuttea, Denis Brown, …). Un album de rencontres musicales et artistiques où se croisent presque tous les genres...

Zal Idrissa Sissokho comes from Senegal and is of the Sissokho griot family that has passed down the music and stories of the Mandinko people for hundreds of years. He plays the kora, the beautiful 21 string African harp, an ancient Afro-Mandingue instrument, the knowledge of which is passed from father to son. He continued his education with kora virtuouso Toumany Kouyaté. Zal is also an accomplished singer in Mandingue and Wolof languages, as well as French. Zal Idrissa Sissokho was born in Senegal and has lived in Montreal, Quebec since 1999. He has worked with many artists in Canada,...

Rachid Taha (Arabic: رشيد طه) (born 1958 in Oran, Algeria) is an French-Algerian musician. His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock, techno and raï. Based in Paris, France where he began his solo career after his beginnings as the leader of the French rock band "Carte De Séjour", he usually sings in Arabic. In 1981, while living in Lyon, France, Taha met Mohammed and Mokhtar Amini. The three of them, Rachid, Djamel Dif and Eric Vaquer would later form the band "Carte De séjour" (Green Card) and record their first maxi Album Carte De Séjour in...