Ravi - African Kora - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. After the Rains 2. Marble Palace 3. Shantiniketan 4. Monsoon Rain 5. Shantiseven 6. Delhi Express 7. Forest of Bliss 8. Fish-Eyed Goddess 9. Jolay! Jolay! 10. Himalaya 11. Nadabrahma

Album Tracks DISC 1 1. Raga Hamsadhwani (Evening Raga) 2. Dhun Kafi (Spring Season) 3. Raga Ramkali (Morning Raga) DISC 2 1. Improvisation on the Theme Music (From Pather Panchali 2. Fire Night 3. Karnataki (Raga Kirvani) 4. Raga Rageshri Part 1 (Alap) 5. Raga Rageshri Part 2 (Jor) 6. Raga Rageshri Part 3 (Gat) DISC 3 1. Madhuvanti 2. Dhun in Mishra Mand

Recorded in Accra, Ghana, in 1976, Kora Music from the Gambia is a collection of songs performed on the Kora, a 21-string bridge harp used by the Mandinka people of northwestern Africa. Foday Musa Suso is a member of the hereditary Jali social class, and, as ethnomusicologist Roderic Knight explains, that means he is both a historian and a musician InchFor example, praises and genealogy were incorporated into songs, and oral history was told to the accompaniment of instrument music. Inch Suso's selections on this album range from traditional stories from the Mali Empire (InchTira MakanInch) to a contemporary song from the Gambia that refers to the 1960s moon landing missions (InchApolloInch). Liner notes include a detailed description and history of kora music in the Gambia and track notes. Album Tracks 1. Kelefaba (Tomoraba Tuning) / InchKuruntu KelefaInch (Tomoraba Tuning) - (Medley) 2. Sunjata (Sauta Tuning) 3. Tira Makan (Tomoraba Tuning) 4. Apollo (Sauta Tuning) 5. Jula Jekere (Hardino Tuning) 6. Juku Te Nte Sorola (Sauta Tuning) 7. Mama Manneh (Hardino Tuning)