Badu Boye was born in Senegal, but is now based in Paris, France. In the 1990's he and his brother, Pape Armand Boye introduced a new sound into the Senegalese music scene. Very different from the electronic mbalax music of the day, the brothers played acoustic guitars.

Badu's style today sounds very similar, on his eponymously titled CD, the songs are uplifting and inspirational, albeit with a touch of home sickness.

A cello,violin and harmonica sprinkled throughout the album are very attractive additions and add an extra texture to the acoustic sound.

Some albums take a while to warm up to, but every so often I come across one I know is going to be a fixture in my music collection for a long time. The first few bars of harmonica on Senegalese singer-songwriter Badu Boye’s new release We Can Win decided it for me. (Apsaramusic.com)

Badu Boye’s open-hearted harmonica, guitar, and vocals on We Can Win evoke Bob Dylan at his best in the early 1960s, but with a thoroughly contemporary edge incorporating electric guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, violin, cello, mandolin, and other instruments. Composed individually, the songs represent different musical moments from over a decade, including  “Mboolo Mi” from the 1997 album Woyou Talibé, which Badu released with Pape Armand Boye, his brother and the producer of We Can Win.

The Boye brothers debuted on Senegalese television in the early 1990s with a sound that was a bit different during a time when synthesized mbalax music dominated the airwaves: a simple pairing of acoustic guitar and bass. Through their ground-breaking early performances and recordings, they led the establishment of acoustic music as a genre still thriving today in Senegal.

A current of optimism runs throughout We Can Win, not least of all in the title track’s call for positive development and image building across Africa.

Folk, soul, pop, country entre autres styles, font l’identité du nouvel album de l’auteur compositeur producteur et interprète sénégalais, Badu, installé en France. La sortie de « We can win » (nous pouvons gagner) est prévue pour fin mars 2012.

Plus connu sous le nom de Badou Boy au Sénégal, Badu a été le leader du groupe Tama de Rufisque.

Il revient sur la scène musicale avec ce nouvel album : « We can win » (nous pouvons gagner). La sortie est prévue pour fin mars 2012. Composée de 10 titres avec divers instruments (drums, guitares acoustiques, guitare électrique, bass, keyboards, trompette, cello, violon, mandoline, harmonica), cette nouvelle expérience musicale se veut un mélange de folk, soul, pop, country.

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Sortie de "We can win" de Badu, en fin mars
Dakar, 12 mars (APS) - lundi 12 mars 2012
Badu, un auteur compositeur sénégalais installé en France, va sortir en fin mars un album de 10 titres présenté comme le signe d’une "maturité musicale indéniable" de l’artiste connu sous le nom de Badou Boy dans son pays natal, a appris l’APS.
Intitulé "We can win" (nous pouvons gagner, en anglais), cet album s’inspire d’instruments variés (drums, guitares acoustiques, guitare électrique, bass, keyboards, trompette, cello, violon, mandoline, harmonica)