#griot — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #griot, aggregated by home.social.
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I’m really enjoying Noura Mint Seymali’s new record, “Yenbett.”
She’s from Mauritania, which is nestled between Senegal and Algeria. Her music def reflects that.
Aside from being an multi-instrumentalist, she’s also a storyteller. Her music is called Griot music, named after the West African storytelling culture.
https://noura-mint-seymali.bandcamp.com/album/yenbett
#Music #NouraMintSeymali #Africa #Mauritania #WestAfrican #Griot #Storytelling
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Self-Titled Summer | Djeli Moussa Diawara (1983, Guinea)
Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight should be David Bowie’s s/t (aka Space Oddity), but we’ve already had a Bowie spotlight this year and there’s a lot of s/t’s to get through. So, instead we’re going to jump to the next one, which is number 387 on The List, submitted by platenworm. Here’s a quick rundown:
- Point of origin(s): Born in 1962 into a family of Mandinka[1] griots (aka “djelis”/”jalis” i.e., West African storytellers and/or musicians) in Kankan, Guinea, Djeli Moussa learned to play the balafon (gourd-resonated xylophone), kora (West African stringed instrument similar to a lute and harp), and guitar at an early age. After moving to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire at the age of 18, Djeli Moussa first played in restaurants and with other musicians such as his half-brother Mory Kanté (previously vocalist and balafon player in the Malian Rail Band) and for Moustapha on his 1982 disco/funk album I Love Abidjan. In 1982 he began his solo career by recording this, his debut album, first released the following year by Paris-based label Tangent. The album would later be reissued by various labels, some with the Anglicized spelling “Jali Musa Jawara” and/or other titles (Yasimika, Yasimika [Abidjan 1982], or Direct From West Africa).
- Tasting notes: Griot, kora, balafon, acoustic guitar, beautiful chorus vocals
- Standout track: “Haïdara” but, also, all of them (there’s only 4) – they’re all magic.
- Where are they now?: Djeli Moussa moved to Paris and has continued to release a number of solo albums (the most recent being the 2020 Par Amour) featuring his preferred 32-stringed kora (traditionally it is a 21-string instrument), incorporating various styles such as flamenco and blues with traditional Mandinka sounds. He also founded the Kora Jazz Trio in 2002, which continued on as the Kora Jazz Band after Djeli Moussa left in 2010.
- Websites: Wikipedia, YouTube channel
Happy listening!
- Soundcloud: Djeli Moussa Diawara (scroll to bottom to see the 4 tracks from this album)
- YouTube: Djeli Moussa Diawara – Yasimika
- Discogs: Djeli Moussa Diawara – Djeli Moussa Diawara
- Apologies if this is the wrong word – I’ve seen Mandinka used interchangeably with Mandingo, so I’ve just stuck with Mandinka here other than using both in the tags. ↩︎
#1980s #AfricanMusic #balafon #DjeliMoussaDiawara #griot #Guinea #JaliMusaJawara #kora #Mandingo #Mandinka #music #musicDiscovery #WestAfricanMusic
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A flash story to read #story #writing #creativewriting #knowledge #baobab #mystical #respect #jeli #griot
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A flash story to read #story #writing #creativewriting #knowledge #baobab #mystical #respect #jeli #griot
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Koncert BURKINA AZZA (BF) @ Klub Spatif już w czwartek 19.12! 🔥 Dzisiaj wichura i deszcz, czyli idealna pogoda, żeby zaopatrzyć się w bilety na czwartkowy koncert Burkina Azza, zespołu pięciu braci Wagadugu, którzy brzmią doskonale. Obiecuję wyjść ze wszystkich swoich ziemskich tarapatów przed czwartkiem i poddać się terapii balafonowej!
Bilety 📣 https://goingapp.pl/wydarzenie/burkina-azza-bf-at-klub-spatif-afrykamera-svmerki
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“[W]hat was important to me was that we just brought ourselves and the idea of coexistence and collision of musical languages. It was important to me not to put the kora in the place of having to adapt and play jazzy. Or find a way to make the Chicago musicians sound more like those from Mali. I didn’t want to do that. What I love about this collaboration is that we have not done that. We’re both bringing compositions and learning from each other. We’re learning each other’s languages while leaving each other space to make our own expressions within the music.“ - Nicole Mitchell
‘Bamako*Chicage Sound System’, out August 23rd on FPE Records.
#nicolemitchell #bamakochicagosoundsystem #ballakesissoko #mali #chicago #music #art #postgenre #jazz #griot #joshuaabrams #joviaarmstrong #jeffparker #FatimKouyate #MankweNdosi #fasserydiabate #aacm #artensembleofchicago #flute #kora
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Lovely tribute to Malian kora virtuoso Toumani Diabaté, who died on July 19th.
#ToumaniDiabaté #Kora #Mali #Griot #Africa #Mande #Jaliyaa
Toumani Diabaté: the famed musician from Mali who took the kora to the world
https://theconversation.com/toumani-diabate-the-famed-musician-from-mali-who-took-the-kora-to-the-world-235542 -
Being summoned to the kitchen the day before a #holiday as a #black adolescent is a right of passage. This is where #traditions are passed down. As a Reminder this holiday season, don’t experiment with the potato salad!
https://thesoulfoodpot.com/black-folks-potato-salad-recipe/
#happythanksgivng #food #griot #family #cooking
