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Considered as one of the greatest percussionist in Senegal, Mbaye Dieye Faye makes his Joe’s Pub debut with special guests.  Born in a modest family of “Griots”- a tradition with roots deep in singing traditional praise songs, Mbaye Dieye Faye was inexorably predestinated to a musical career.  Mbaye Dieye Faye is first know as the sideman and percussionist of  his companion  Youssou N’Dour well known as the “King of  “Mbalax” in Senegal.  Later Mbaye also found success as  a singer and in the bands Dakar Star and Super Etoile.