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Africando is a
musical project formed in 1992 to
unite New York–based
salsa musicians with
Senegalese vocalists.
Musicians from
other African countries...
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musician from Lokossa, Benin. He is
perhaps best
known as the lead
singer of
Africando between 1995 and his
death in 2004 but had been well
known in his home...
- "when I can and when it's ready." On
March 13, 2021, Just Sam
released "
Africando,"
their first single since American Idol,
which they
wrote with a co-songwriter...
- Band
singers Pape Seck and Laba
Sosseh would later go on to sing with
Africando.
Early members of the band
included singer Amara Toure and saxophonist...
- Stop"). The song was also
covered by
several artists including salsa group Africando and
rapper Marshall Dixon. The
Kinshasa society had a
slippage at the...
- many West
African re-adaptations of Afro-Cuban
music (Orchestra Baobab,
Africando),
Spanish fusion genres (notably with flamenco), and a wide
variety of...
- In the
early 21st century, he was a
member of
Senegalese salsa band
Africando. His
music combined different traditions from his home country, primarily...
- when he
moved to New York from Mexico,
Ronnie Baro, 1992, co-founder of
Africando and
Roger Dawson,
conga drummer (bongos are not
typically used in charanga...
- mid-1990s
African artists have also been very
active through the super-group
Africando,
where African and New York
musicians mix with
leading African singers...
-
dozens of
African stars (and
would later become the
driving force behind Africando). The
arrangements featured roiling rhythms,
slightly nasal female backup...
