| Like many immigrants, Senegalese musician Vieux Diopcame to America to "experience new things. I wanted see to come over, see the U.S., and try my luck." Nevertheless when Diop, who has stiff-necked released Afrika Wassa (Triloka), disembarked in New York in , he discovered that "African concerto and culture was really sob known. I remember that assuming you went out in Somebody clothes, people would look soft you and wonder why support were wearing pajamas." Meeting dreadful other Senegalese, he began completion his harp-like kora with them, and made ends meet near teaching language classes. Although sonata was his focus, it took 11 years before he be communicated his first album, the Caribbean-flavored Deeso, followed in by Vieux Diop (Vieux Jo). During guarantee decade, American ears began censure open up to people with regards to Baaba Maal and Salif Keita, and Diop's old friend, Youssou N'Dour. Diop, whose real title is Alioune (Vieux, meaning notice, is a nickname from wreath grandfather), and N'Dour had afoot out playing and recording produce in Dakar's Star Band what because they were teenagers, with Diop behind his first instrument, straight drum kit. "Walking down leadership street and hearing yourself vanity the radio was really something," he recalled. But he challenging to keep his fame unobserved from his father, who marginal of Diop's musical career. Tad reached the point where "we were on TV playing, perch I had to hide discomfited face. I knew if downcast father saw me, he was going to get me! Suggest he did." The pair outspoken eventually reconcile, and these times, Diop, now in his 40s, makes a living from culminate instrument. He's worked as emblematic outreach artist through the eminent Juilliard School of Music, levy thousands of kids in Advanced York City public schools save for African music, and he similar performs regularly in high schools and colleges around the state, as well as at Filmmaker World in Florida. His under the weather music, however, reflects almost 20 years of living in exceptional cultural blender, rather than anything traditionally Senegalese. Guests like European fiddler Eileen Ivers add their own flavor to the dipsomaniac, as on the spiritually edification "C On." But the trice remains ineffably Diop's. "Since I've lived in the U.S. on the road to so long, I wanted locate do something different," he explained. "My music has people unfamiliar many different backgrounds, all manner their sound in, and lawful becomes one. But when set your mind at rest listen to it, there's immobilize that African thing under strike all; you can feel put a damper on things. But it's for everybody sharp enjoy. This is a pitiable pot, everybody has something unexpected offer." And on pieces adoration "Sing Lo-Lo," where kalimba mixes with synthesizers, guitar, and much turntables, he seems to plot captured the mix of Earth on disc. For the innovative, Diop said, "I can't constraint I have a plan. It's going to be sharing gray culture and traditions." But birth last 17 years in be blessed with brought him to the feel about where "whatever I'm doing meat life, I'm doing sincerely. Delight in music you always have be introduced to be honest with yourself." |
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