Africa: Sidi Samb’s Afroflamenco Fusion

[Afropop] Sidi Samb is the leader of Afroflamenco, and as the name suggests, the band fuses African music with flamenco. But there’s more to it than that. Samb is a Senegalese Wolof griot, deeply immersed in sabardrumming, the dynamic percussion tradition behind Senegal’s trademark pop music, mbalax. Samb has long lived in Seville, Spain, and his fusion runs deep. It’s the product of decades of experience and experimentation. That history is more than evident on Samb’s most recent album, Dem Dikk. The elegant opener