Last year, the coronavirus pandemic put a stop to Senegal’s yearly jazz music festival for the first time in its 29-year history. This year the festival returned, bringing much needed life to the island of Saint Louis. The island was chosen by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a World Heritage site. UNESCO chooses World Heritage sites for having cultural, historical, scientific or other forms of importance. Saint Louis is famous for its building styles from the 1800s and light-colored houses. Hundreds of jazz fans listened to French-Senegalese singer Awa Ly sing blues music on the island recently. Ly said she felt a sense of relief, or ease, with the festival’s return. I was relieved, and everybody else was relieved too. It was a beautiful energy, a beautiful vibration and a beautiful link between the stage and the audience." African rhythms, funk, gospel and blues music could be heard along the small streets of Saint Louis. Music played from restaurants, drinking places and hotels into the early morning. Saint Louis escaped the deadliest effects of the COVID-19 disease. But a sharp drop in tourism and a weakened economy have left its citizens ready for an emotional lift that only its largest yearly event could provide. The festival in Senegal is known as Africa's biggest jazz festival. But it has struggled with decreasing crowds since having performers like American pianist Herbie Hancock. He last performed there in 1996. Still, the festival gets music fans from across West Africa and Europe, and the city's street performers are happy to have them.
Title: Senegal’s Jazz Celebration Returns After COVID-19 Health Crisis
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5171/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Senegals Jazz Celebration Returns After COVID-19 Health Crisis' data-article-id='5714'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11958'>Last year, the coronavirus pandemic put a stop to Senegal’s yearly jazz music festival for the first time in its 29-year history.</span> <span data-start-time='11958' data-end-time='20208'>This year the festival returned, bringing much needed life to the island of Saint Louis. </span> <span data-start-time='20208' data-end-time='31188'>The island was chosen by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a World Heritage site. </span> <span data-start-time='31188' data-end-time='42833'>UNESCO chooses World Heritage sites for having cultural, historical, scientific or other forms of importance.</span> <span data-start-time='42833' data-end-time='51979'>Saint Louis is famous for its building styles from the 1800s and light-colored houses.</span> <span data-start-time='51979' data-end-time='62958'>Hundreds of jazz fans listened to French-Senegalese singer Awa Ly sing blues music on the island recently.</span> <span data-start-time='62958' data-end-time='70354'>Ly said she felt a sense of relief, or ease, with the festival’s return.</span> <span data-start-time='70354' data-end-time='73229'>I was relieved, and everybody else was relieved too. </span> <span data-start-time='73229' data-end-time='82500'>It was a beautiful energy, a beautiful vibration and a beautiful link between the stage and the audience."</span> <span data-start-time='82500' data-end-time='92271'>African rhythms, funk, gospel and blues music could be heard along the small streets of Saint Louis. </span> <span data-start-time='92271' data-end-time='100021'>Music played from restaurants, drinking places and hotels into the early morning.</span> <span data-start-time='100021' data-end-time='106250'>Saint Louis escaped the deadliest effects of the COVID-19 disease. </span> <span data-start-time='106250' data-end-time='120563'>But a sharp drop in tourism and a weakened economy have left its citizens ready for an emotional lift that only its largest yearly event could provide.</span> <span data-start-time='120563' data-end-time='127000'>The festival in Senegal is known as Africa's biggest jazz festival. </span> <span data-start-time='127000' data-end-time='135833'>But it has struggled with decreasing crowds since having performers like American pianist Herbie Hancock. </span> <span data-start-time='135833' data-end-time='140771'>He last performed there in 1996.</span> <span data-start-time='140771' data-end-time='152917'>Still, the festival gets music fans from across West Africa and Europe, and the city's street performers are happy to have them. </span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5171/B.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17644 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5171/saint_louis.wav'><span>Saint Louis</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5171/dakar.wav'><span>Dakar</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5171/nairobi.wav'><span>Nairobi</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5171/accra.wav'><span>Accra</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17646 data-hint-location='82500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5171/african_rhythms_funk_gospel_and_blues__blank__could_be_heard_along_the_small_streets_of_saint_louis_.wav'>African rhythms, funk, gospel and blues <span class='blank'>music</span> could be heard along the small streets of Saint Louis. 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