Sona Jobarteh Band - Kora Music from West Africa

Tracklist 0 00 Jarabi 10 06 Mamamuso 16 52 Kaira 24 40 Gainaako 34 02 Kanu 44 24 Saya 49 30 Bannaya Sona Jobarteh performed in Weimar on invitation of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar and its UNESCO Chair of Transcultural Music Studies TMS The TMS Chair regularly invites artists to bring the musicology students into contact with various musical cultures for inspiration and exchange For further information visit a https 3A 2F 2Fwww hfm-weimar de 2Ftms a Sona Jobarteh is the first female Kora virtuoso to come from a west African Griot family The Kora is one of the most important instruments belonging to the Manding peoples of West Africa Gambia Senegal Mali Guinea and Guinea-Bissau It belongs exclusively to griot families and usually only men who are born into these families have the right to take up the instrument professionally Sona Jobarteh combines various genres of African Music and western musical elements Sonah Jobarteh Acoustic Guitar Kora Vocals Maurice Brown Acoustic Guitar Andi McLean Electric Bass BVs Mouhamadou Sarr Djembe Congas Calabash BVs University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar Website a https 3A 2F 2Fwww hfm-weimar de a Instagram a https 3A 2F 2Fwww instagram com 2Fhfmweimar a Facebook a https 3A 2F 2Fwww facebook com 2Fhfmweimar a YouTube a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fhfmfranzlisztweimar a Recorded on July 1 2015 at the mon ami Weimar

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