{"id":11733,"date":"2017-01-23T13:39:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T13:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=11733"},"modified":"2017-01-23T13:39:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T13:39:40","slug":"orchestra-baobab-return-with-new-album-tribute-to-ndiouga-dieng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=11733","title":{"rendered":"Orchestra Baobab return with new album <em>Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orchestra-Baobab-Tribute-To-Ndiouga-Dieng.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11734\" src=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orchestra-Baobab-Tribute-To-Ndiouga-Dieng-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Orchestra Baobab - Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orchestra-Baobab-Tribute-To-Ndiouga-Dieng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orchestra-Baobab-Tribute-To-Ndiouga-Dieng-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orchestra-Baobab-Tribute-To-Ndiouga-Dieng.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Ten years removed from the release of <em>Made in Dakar<\/em>, Senegalese band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchestrabaobab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Orchestra Baobab<\/a> are ready to issue its follow-up, <em>Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng<\/em>. The record is dedicated to one of their original vocalists who passed away last November. Recorded in Dakar, the album sees the band &#8220;retaining the ripeness of the sound that made Orchestra Baobab a legend&#8221;, blending Afro-Cuban rhythms and African tradition. As the press release describes, <em>Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng<\/em> &#8220;is an irresistible mix of velvet harmonies, warm and heartfelt vocals, smoky sax and sweetly shimmering kora and guitar lines, expertly crafted and masterfully delivered with a poise and virtuosity built up over a lifetime&#8221;.<br \/>\nAhead of the album&#8217;s release on March 31st via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchestrabaobab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Circuit Records<\/a>, Orchestra Baobab are offering the first jubilant taste from it, \u2018Foulo\u2019. The track is a rework of \u2018Kanoute\u2019, an old Baobab love song. Listen to it below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/303640487&amp;color=c41709&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years removed from the release of Made in Dakar, Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab are ready to issue its follow-up, Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng. The record is dedicated to one of their original vocalists who passed away last November. Recorded in Dakar, the album sees the band &#8220;retaining the ripeness of the sound that made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1039],"class_list":["post-11733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-orchestra-baobab"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11735,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11733\/revisions\/11735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}