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Awa Sangho

The Narell Brothers: Steelpan Music Merchants

by Nigel Campbell
September 9, 2017

Steelpan musician, Andy Narell and his older brother Jeff Narell represent a game change in the status quo of island music and the instruments born in the Caribbean. Originally created as an musical accompaniment to celebrate Trinidad Carnival, the steelpan has evolved over the years to become a modern acoustic instrument family that supplies a range ...

Ala Ta

By Awa Sangho

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2015
Track listing: Ala Ta Ye Tougnaye; Ne ba ni n’fa; Tambin y Tambor; Denko; Dan Fin; Nangaraba; Denmisenew; Bamouna; Emama; Dofana; N’djarka y Tambor; Somofolo; Naigai Koro Sigui.

Awa Sangho: Ala Ta

by James Nadal
March 24, 2015

The ancient West African culture that spans across the sands of the Sahara has created a rich and vibrant musical legacy which continues to yield stimulating artists. Vocalist Awa Sangho hails from Mali, was raised in musically rich Bamako, and began her singing and composing career in Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast. There she honed her ...

Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal: Cellos on the Niger, Koras on the Seine

December 16, 2010

Cellos on the Niger, Koras on the Seine: Chamber Music Discovers Unexpected Strains of African Lyricism and European Funk When kora-player Ballaké Sissoko approached French cellist Vincent Ségal after a show, Ségal never suspected that he'd find himself several years later on the banks of the Niger, digging into African music's introspective side with a virtuosic ...