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Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko Bring the Sounds of West Africa to West Philadelphia

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2008-09-19 07:30:29 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...Mansa Sissoko that Lonesome Road Review described as "far more than an experiment: a magical unification of rhythms that is lively, memorable, and awe-inspiring The first of three concerts of West African music at Crossroads this fall, the event is also part of an' ongoing series of traditional, ethnic, international and related...
 
Tags: west african music, african music, music, philadelphia, africa, crossroads music, west africa, mansa sissoko, crossroads
 
 
 
 
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Fula Flute Will Release 'Mansa America' CD in December

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2008-11-25 18:22:20 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...Mansa America" on Completelly Nuts Records. The CD features the hit song "Obama" declared "most beautiful pro-Obama song" by Radio-Canada The event will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 9 from 8 to 10 PM with a Release Party at DROM, located at 85 Avenue A, between 5th and 6th Streets in New York's East Village. The $15 admission includes...
 
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Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissokos African American folk

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2008-06-19 21:35:32 by August Brown in Soundboard
...Mansa Sissokos new collaborative album, Africa to Appalachia, brings that shared history to light in deft arrangements of Stones banjo and Sissokos kora playing After Stones trip to Mali a year ago, they were inspired to update West African traditions, showing how American folk and 12 th century Malian court songs grew from many of the same...
 
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CD Review: Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko Africa to Appalachia

2008-09-12 21:45:44 by delarue in Lucid Culture
 
...Mansa Sissoko play Drom at 8 PM on October 9, advance tix highly recommended at the box office
 
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CD Review: Mamadou Diabate Douga Mansa

2008-10-13 19:56:49 by delarue in Lucid Culture
 
...Mansa Sissokos Africa to Appalachia collaboration, reviewed here recently, for a smashingly successful kora/bluegrass hybrid). Or for that matter any fretted instrument player with the ambition to wrap his or her fingers around Diabates blazing licks. If the cd is any indication, he ought to be sensationally good live: watch this space for...
 
Tags: kora, kora mali, spiky kora textures, previous kora virtuosos, kora player, cds ninth cut, fans, scale, adventurous bluegrass fans
 
 
 
 
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Today on Radio 2 27/12/08

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2008-12-27 08:00:10 by Philly Markowitz in Radio 2 Blog
...Mansa Sissoko . Sissoko is a renowned griot, or traditional musician and storyteller who travels troubadour-style with songs handed down through his family from generation to generation. Jayme was inspired by the depths of Mansa's knowledge as well as his willingness to create new music fusing his ancient African traditions with Jayme's...
 
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The Proof is in the Picking

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2008-09-09 13:21:22 by TOrr in World Music Central
...Mansa Sissoko Africa to Appalachia (Jayme Stone, 2008 When Canadian banjo player Jayme Stone wanted to dig deep into his instruments origins, he went to Africa. Before that hed studied the nuances of the late Ali Farka Toure s music and befriended Mansa Sissoko, a griot master of the [[kora]], a 21-stringed African harp. But it was his...
 
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From Atlas to SchumannA Global Classical Exploration

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2008-12-13 16:21:32 by PatriciaHerlevi in World Music Central
...Mansa (World Village, 2008 Kaila Flexer & Gari Hegedus - Teslim (Independent release Kayhan Kalhor & Brooklyn Rider - Silent City (World Village, 2008 Monika Mauch & Nigel North - Musical Banquet (ECM New Series, 2008 Carolin Widmann & Denes Varjon - Schumann: The Violin Sonatas (ECM New Series, 2008 After a year of producing the global...
 
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Falamansa - Xote da Alegria

2007-11-12 22:17:36 by shana in Brazilian Music
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHsLfsDgfLM Fala Mansa is a Brazilian music group that produces music in the foro style
 
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