Congratulations to Amadou Diagne, who is crowned the winner of the latest Battle Of The Bands competition!

His song 'Senegal' will appear on the forthcoming album The Rough Guide To Undiscovered World and WMN is also considering more of Amadou's material for other possible releases.

Stay tuned for more information about this talented Senegalese musician and check back here to follow all the latest developments in the next Battle Of The Bands Competition.

'Senegal' is the winning track by Amadou Diagne

Amadou Diagne is a professional percussionist, African drummer, guitar player and singer from Dakar Senegal. He comes from a large Griot family of Sabar drummers and praise singers.

Amadou performed for many years as a member of the Senegal National Band playing Sabar, Djembe, Conga, and Kit drums, during this time he had the honour to play with some very great musicians including Yousou N'Dour, Cesaria Evora, and Jimmy Cliff.

Amadou writes and performs his own songs primarily in the Wolof language, for which he takes as a basis the songs of his Griot tradition.

For more information, visit: http://amadoudiagne.com/