 His latest album "Samba" was released in spring 2017.It was recorded in front of a live studio audience in Woodstock, NY.The title "Samba" has nothing to do with the Brazilian style of music; as the second boy in his family Vieux was always called "samba," meaning "second boy" in Songhai, Additionally, the featured song “Samba Si Kairi" is named after a song his father and grandfather would sing while he played the calabash.