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Pape Armand Boye
grew up in Senegal with his brother Badou Boye. Influenced by mbalax music, but also by folk, soul, blues and reggae, he
developed his own style of African acoustic music. He performed with his brother Badou and together they formed a duo
Tama. They performed at an important anti-apartheid festival in 1991 (along with
Youssou N'dour and Peter Gabriel),
and at the Africa Fête Festival in 1993. After a stay in Gambia, they returned to Senegal where they recorded a first
album in 1997, Since 2000, Pape Armand works in Europe (Paris and Hamburg) and North America (New York) as a studio musician but he also is a composer, arranger, producer, vocalist, bassist and guitarist, and he works occasionally for other artists. This broad experience is reflecting in the variety of influences, his musicality and the depth of the lyrics, often addressing issues as love, human suffering and political conflict. He sings in Wolof, french and English. Sources: www.armandboye.com Pape Armand Boye on MySpace.com Musicians participating on the album Pape Armand Boye vocals, Acoustic guitar, bass, djembé, drums Badou Boye backing vocals on 11, vocals on 12, harmonica on 12 Clifton Hyde mandolin, guitar Pablo Paolo Killian keyboards Anting Wang violin Georges Dieme drums Michelle Yu violin Alexei Doussev Legbo electric guitar and many others Born: in Rufisque, 28 km from Dakar Style: african acoustic, folk |
Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
Xareba (The Struggle) | 2007 | LaRo Music | CD |