Youssou N’Dour is the most famous, most celebrated, most revered African musician alive today. He sings in Wolof, the language of his native Senegal, in the musical style known as mbalax. In this acoustic performance, Youssou N’Dour hangs out with friends and lets his gorgeous voice soar on “Hope” from the album Eyes Open. Listen to why Rolling Stone calls him “a singer with a voice so extraordinary, the history of Africa seems locked inside it”.