Gambian Griot Kora Duets 60C there is music that matters

there is music that matters and the people that it matters to

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all three are leading a new rock vanguard that values unflinching self-awareness and unassailable songcraft

David has been directing the group's mix of Jamaican roots music with American Jazz

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Gambian Griot Kora Duets 60C there is music that mattersThe hypnotic, delicate strum of the kora, the harp like instrument strung on a halved gourd, has been a trademark of West African music for centuries. Gambian Griot Kora Duets (1979), featuring the master player Alhaji Bai Konte and his equally influential son Dembo Konte and Ma Lamini Jobate, is a remarkable recording that documents an evolution in the kora's use in the traditional music of the Gambia. The album, made in Dembo and Alhjai Bai Konte's