Home / Music / Baaba Maal is one of Africa's most celebrated vocalistsMusic linernotes album music jason-collettBaaba Maal is one of Africa's most celebrated vocalistsBaaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist from Podor who sings primarily in Pulaar. He’s widely regarded as one of Africa’s most celebrated vocalists. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesNomad Soul brings West African djembe alongside modern productionAlison Krauss & Union Station won two Grammys for Lonely Runs Both WaysJoanna Newsom gave Alela Diane her first public gigsHope Sandoval leaves Mazzy Star's shoegaze behind for folk and psychedelic texturesSea Change is Beck without the samples and without the ironyExploreVernal Equinox was Jon Hassell's first commercial album releaseOdetta Sings the Blues reissued her 1962 Riverside recordingsOdyssey's biggest hit was 'Native New Yorker,' not 'Good Times'The B-side of Terry Riley's Rainbow is a saxophone drone built on tape loopsArvo Pärt's tintinnabuli method creates bell-like harmony on Tabula RasaPrevious Baaba Maal's Nomad Soul came out in August 1998Next A Canadian indie label released Spirit of the West's Chasing Shadows