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Xalam 2, also known as Xalam and Xalam II, a Senegalese musical group, founded in 1969 by a group of friends.[1] The band was originally called African Khalam Orchestra.
The band takes its name from the xalam, a lute-like instrument. Xalam performed a mix of contemporary jazz tunes as well as African mbalax originals, usually sung in Wolof, the dominant local language;[1] although the leading artists are all Serer and Toucouleur. The band included sax, drums, African percussion, bass and electric guitar.
- ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2741. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.