◇ image via WikipediaCheikh Lô
Cheikh Lô is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Ernest Ranglin, Fatoumata Diawara and Papa Wemba. Those roots explain a lot about how Cheikh Lô arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Orchestra Baobab, Amadou & Mariam, Baaba Maal, Geoffrey Oryema and Victor Démé, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Manu Dibango, Ibrahim Ferrer, Les Nubians and Rubén González, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Cheikh Lô, reaching back through Ernest Ranglin and forward to Manu Dibango. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Cheikh Lô connections
Cheikh Lô grew out of Ernest Ranglin, Fatoumata Diawara and Papa Wemba, shares an orbit with Orchestra Baobab, Amadou & Mariam, Baaba Maal and Geoffrey Oryema, went on to shape Manu Dibango, Ibrahim Ferrer, Les Nubians and Rubén González. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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