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I guess my real intro to Youssou N’Dour, perhaps as with many people, was hearing Seven Seconds – the duet with Neneh Cherry. Many years on I got to ask Cherry all about that song.
From there I heard N’Dour in the context of compilations – it was great in-store play back in the day as a counter-jerk in a record store. People love a bit of a “World Music”…
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