Ablaye Thiossane [EPK English]
Taken From: "Ablaye Thiossane"
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The Thiès-born, pluridsciplinary artist Ablaye Thiossane is famous for his work as a painter and visual artist. Ablaye’s career as a singer/musician started in 1952. He drew inspiration from his father’s Afro-Cuban records and from the radio, thanks to which he discovered Tino Rossi and Duke Ellington. In 1966, the song “Tallene Lampe Yi” was to become the radio anthem for the African arts festival, the first of which was held in Dakar: a first step towards recognition.
It would take another 70 years for the world to hear his first album, “Thiossane”, to be released on the 3rd of Octber 2011.
Taken From: "Ablaye Thiossane"
iTunes: http://bit.ly/1ns9rBb
The Thiès-born, pluridsciplinary artist Ablaye Thiossane is famous for his work as a painter and visual artist. Ablaye’s career as a singer/musician started in 1952. He drew inspiration from his father’s Afro-Cuban records and from the radio, thanks to which he discovered Tino Rossi and Duke Ellington. In 1966, the song “Tallene Lampe Yi” was to become the radio anthem for the African arts festival, the first of which was held in Dakar: a first step towards recognition.
It would take another 70 years for the world to hear his first album, “Thiossane”, to be released on the 3rd of Octber 2011.
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