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Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita: Clychau Dibon

February 20, 2015 By guillaume

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Clychau Dibon (2013)

The pairing of a European classical pedal harp with an African 21-string kora sounds very unusual at first sight, but the rare duo recording of Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita is a truly remarkable feat. The association of the two stringed instrument from two different continents is the ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk, Traditional Tagged With: Catrin Finch, fusion, harp, kora, Seckou Keita

Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze: Amanké Dionti

September 12, 2014 By guillaume

Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze Amanké Dionti (2012)

Born in Saint-Louis (Senegal), Ablaye Cissoko is a singer and kora player who hails from a family of griots, the West-African repositories of the local songs, poems and stories handed down from one generation to the next through oral tradition.  Having recorded three solo albums to date - [amazon ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: Ablaye Cissoko, fusion, kora, songwriting, trumpet, Volker Goetze

Rokia Traoré: Titati/Africa Unite

August 12, 2013 By guillaume

Rokia Traoré - "Roots" project - 2011

Malian singer songwriter Rokia Traoré’s “Roots” project emerged as a continuation of the Desdemona multimedia collaboration she contributed to in 2011. Written by American novelist and 1993 Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison and staged by experimental theatre director Peter Sellars, [amazon text=Desdemona&asin=1849433895] is ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: kora, ngoni, Rokia Traoré, songwriting

Jack DeJohnette & Foday Musa Suso: Ocean wave

May 31, 2013 By guillaume

Jack DeJohnette & Foday Musa Suso

Between 2003 and 2005, innovative Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso and legendary jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette toured together and recorded [amazon text=Music from the hearts of the masters&asin=B000MRP3JY] (2005), a wonderful collaboration between two genuine masters of their respective instruments. The kora is a ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: drums, Foday Musa Suso, fusion, Jack DeJohnette, kora

Foday Musa Suso & Philip Glass: Spring waterfall

May 31, 2013 By guillaume

Jali Kunda

Born in The Gambia in 1950, Foday Musa Suso is a traditional West African Griot or Jali (an oral historian, storyteller and musician) and a master of the kora, the 21-string traditional African harp. In 1977, the musician relocated to Chicago and has since collaborated with dozens of musicians including Philip Glass, Herbie ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: Foday Musa Suso, fusion, kora, Philip Glass

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