Gambia: The Legendary Abdel Kabirr - World Music Icon

Abdel Kabirr alias Laye Ngum is one of Gambia's enduring performers who has survived the seventies, a low period in the eighties, made a comeback in the nineties and continued to be a solid and consistent performer.

His gutsy, gravelly, vocal style and unique stage presence make him one of the most dynamic singers in the African and global music industry. A gravelly voice is a result of emotions suppressed as forms of muscular tension in the mouth and jaws. Thus Abdel Kabirr's singing sounds just like these emotions, with a lot of boldness added.

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