Youssou Ndour sometimes creates songs from a single word
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Cultural producer Mohamed Sow says Youssou Ndour sometimes builds his songs from one or two words, such as “No more”, requested in a Brussels studio in 1989. The method is discussed in an interview with Seneweb, while the Grand Bal de Bercy 2026 is announced in Paris, according to Kawtef.
Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour can start with one or two words, or an event, to create a song, cultural producer Mohamed Sow explains in an interview with Seneweb. In 1989, in Brussels, he asked American producer Thomas Rome to compose a song around the words “No more”.
Thomas Rome asked him for more details about this very brief instruction, Kawtef also reports. Youssou Ndour is due to perform this Saturday, 17 October, at the Accor Arena in Paris during the Grand Bal de Bercy 2026.
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