Baaba Maal Tickets

Yeasayer was COMPLETELY out of place in this line-up and brought the whole crowd's energy down. It went from everyone standing up and dancing and having fun during Fool's Gold and Tinariwen, to sitting down and looking sad and confused during Yeasayer. Luckliy Baaba Maal brought it back in the end. It was also an insult to Tinariwen to basically open for Yeasayer. Tinariwen have been playing for 30 years, were rebel fighters in Mali fighting for freedom, singing about real emotions and deep messages, and to be followed by some new york julliard trust fund group with synthesizers was ridiculous. My 2 cents. Great show overall. Super fun, great energy, dancing in the isles, etc.

Playing For Change was the best act of the night but unfortunately TOO short!!

Great music and venue! Our first time at the bowl.

This event was something the entire family could enjoy. We have young adult and teenage kids. The venue is beautiful and the seats were fine.

Concert was amazing. Was there mainly for Yeasayer, so that's what I'm reviewing. One of those rare bands that can move any type of venue, and the H. Bowl was no exception. A great performance. One star off for some of the other bands, and the short set-list.

I SAW BAABA MAAL & DAANDE LENOL IN CHICAGO ON 4/9/10 AND I HAD TO SEE HE AND HIS BAND AGAIN BEFORE THE U.S. TOUR 2010 ENDED. I'M TRULY A HUGE FAN AND THE PERFORMACE LAST NIGHT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. BAABA'S VOICE IS TRULY A GIFT FROM GOD. HE AND THE BAND ARE EXTREMELY TALENTED AND AMAZING!!! HIS VOICE IS SO MELODIC AND THE WAY HE ENJOYS HIS FANS , I'M TRULY A HUGE FAN I ONLY WISH HE AND THE BAND TOURED THE U.S. MORE!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE COME BACK TO THE STATES WE LOVE YOU AND THE BAND! THANK YOU FOR GIVING M. SECK A SOLO HE'S ALSO A GREAT PERFORMER.

I had always wanted to see Baaba Maal (like since listening to him more than 10 years ago!). He blew me away, his presence, his band, the sound, the crowd, everything was better than I imagined. I just wish he'd started earlier! The two hours of some dj standing on stage doing nothing but playing tunes with no sense of when the show might start was weird, and it was 2 hours! But Baaba Maal proved why he is one of the greatest ever

Great show. Full of life and spirit and audience participation. Only problem was that folks were standing in front of some folks who really couldn't or didn't want to stand up for the whole show. Dancers should be encourage to use the aisles.

Fabulous show! Very talented muscians especially the talking drum and djembe/percussion drummers

His passion and energy are contagious! Loved it! Loved seeing him with so many Senegalese fans in the audience.

I have only been listening to Baaba Maal for a few months, and I'm glad I decided to go I was not disappointed, can't wait until the next concert!

very disappointed about the show; sounded nothing like the CD. It was a total mess on stage; it felt like a jam with a bad sound system! Thank God Baabal Maal's voice is amazing. He needs a musical director on stage.

The music was fabulous but being in a theater I expected to see the event (we were on the fourth row), but everybody stood up to dance, not a their seats, but walked to the front and could not see it, just hear it. My back is hurting so much that I could just stand for little time. That is the reason I do not go to clubs. I would have enjoyed it much more if everybody stayed sitted. I know the music compels to dancing, but if that is so, this is not the right venue for this type of music.

Lively, energizing, inspiring. There's no way not to dance!

A voice like no other, magnetic, hypnotic and with the polyrhythmic music of Senegal and Mali, irresistible. Baaba Mal has been a creative force for so long, he is now a statesman of the music, a instructor, a teacher. And that night we all wanted to be taught anything he wanted to convey. The music was intense. It has power and carries its own context. Even though the experience in the sterile auditorium was not as it would have been at a fireside outside of Dakar, it still stood on its own. It is perhaps too bad that Maal interrupted the flow so often to explain things to us, ignorant seeming, DC crowd. There was no need. But such a showman! He is still as sexy as ever, but now seems more like a mature family man. So many people climbed on stage to dance, dozens a few at a time and he danced with all of them. Lots of kids and old folks, too. I had seen him perform in Paris almost 10 years ago and it was a different experience, less inviting, less happy, more intimate and more thrilling. However, DC is not Paris and Maal is not as he was those years ago. the flavor has changed but the meat is still good.

As an explorer of world music, I have indeed gravitated to love and place supreme "African Music;" so I may have my bias. With that said, Baaba Maal will go down in my books as a show to remember. While I will always cherish being exposed to the collective, musical energy that persisted throughout the event, the memory of seeing 50-70 audience members on stage, dancing and partying with the band is what will sit strongly. There was young, old, black, white, asian, fat, skinny, the pretty and the ugly, and they were all grooving in unbridled celebration. It was the band members that welcomed the audience to come up and share the stage with them. Getting down to it, regarding the music, I was indeed just blown away with a level of percussive rhythms that went beyond my anticipations. Watching the young, tall percussion player, and listening to such a pure rhythm that could only come from a live performance. And may I note that the world of music is so full of "over produced, over machined, synthetic sounds, and this is why you go to a Baaba Maal concert. These rhythms come from the cradle of humanity, and no machine has the respect or talent worthy of coming close. Baaba Maal's vocals were much greater than what I had heard on his recordings. His presence (and his band members) was Holy. He had no pretence, yet conveyed his shear joy of just being with us and being able to deliver the spirit through his performance. The small venue was perfect, the crowd was delightful !!!! SEE BAABA MAAL!!!!!!

I'm always drawn to handsome guys with amazing voices. It was a lot of fun.

Baaba Maal's show at the Lisner Auditorium in DC on April 29, 2010 was terrific. The music was great and had the entire audience on its feet dancing from about the third song until the end of the evening. Seeing Maal and his eight piece band, the Dakar Eight, is not only a concert, it's a cultural event. One gets a little peak into Africa. Seeing him in DC is also a community event. Audience members kept going on stage, sprinkling the band with dollar bills and dancing. Old people, children, and everyone in between went on stage, including hipsters, and several Africans in traditional African wraps that were as colorful as they were beautiful. The concert was both to be listened to and participated in.

Wonderful show....very interactive......the audience was able to get up on stage and dance to lively African music,sing along with and touch the singer. The lyrics were thoughtful, inspiring and uplifting. He was called back for several encores by a very enthuiastic audience. You certainly got your money's worth and then some. Went to work the next day smiling and singing. I'm going back to see Salif Keita in June........bring more acts like that to Baltimore...we need more culture!

The concert was incredible. It was a spiritual, musical, rhythmic delight, adventure, and journey. I danced all night in the aisles on the stage and on the streets. I was lifted to the continent of Africa, traveling through the beautiful villages of the bush country. We meet the African continent and African women, children and men under stars in the sky so close Baaba says “it seem you can put them in your hand.” If you have never heard African music before, I recommend starting with Baaba Maal. He has a repertoire of both traditional and western music, songs and performance styles. He is griot/historian: storyteller, musician, composer and performer. He is an ambassador for Africa’s children, for peace and for education.