For the first time in four years, Senegalese vocalist and guitar virtuoso Baaba Maal will return to North America for a full, month-long tour that will take him through the Mexico, the U.S., Canada, and back to Mexico. Baaba is touring in support of his new album, 'Television,' a collaboration with vocalist Sabina Sciubba and keyboardist Didi Gutman, both members of New York's Brazilian Girls. He'll be touring with Aliou Diouf on drums, Massamba Diop on talking drum, Mbara Cisse on bass, Ibrahima Cissokho on electric guitar, Hilaire Felicien Chaby Hary on keys, Cire Sall on hoddu and Mouhamadou Lamine Sarr on percussion. As previously reported, Baaba Maal will also be appearing at Bonnaroo 2010, as well as a handful of other festivals, including Mexico's Zacatecas Fest, in Zacatecas City, the Lake Eden Festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina, the World State Houston International Festival, and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Check out Baaba Maal's full tour schedule after the jump.
Baaba Maal tour dates 2010:
04/04/10 Zacatecas Festival Zacatecas City, Mexico
04/06/10 Koerner Hall Toronto, ONT
04/08/10 Wisconsin Union Theater Madison, WI
04/09/10 Old Town School Of Folk Music Chicago, IL
04/10/10 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor, MI
04/11/10 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
04/13/10 Kate Buchanan Hall Arcata, CA
04/14/10 Laxson Auditorium Chico, CA
04/15/10 Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts Davis, CA
04/17/10 Royce Hall/UCLA Center For The Arts Los Angeles, CA
04/18/10 Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA
04/20/10 Zellerbach Auditorium at UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA
04/22/10 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Scottsdale, AZ
4/23/10 Fairgrounds Racetrack, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA
04/25/10 World Stage Houston International Festival Houston, TX
04/27/10 UNC Chapel Hill Memorial Hall Chapel Hill, NC
04/29/10 Lisner Auditorium, George Washington Univ Washington, DC
04/30/10 The Fillmore at Irving Plaza New York, NY
05/01/10 Somerville Theatre Somerville, MA
05/02/10 Lebanon Opera House Lebanon, NH
05/04/10 Zocalo Mexico City, Mexico
05/05/10 Teatro Ocampo Cuernavaca, Mexico
05/07/10 Lake Eden Festival Black Mountain, NC
