BataMbira is a contemporary synthesis of folkloric musics from Zimbabwe and Cuba. Mbira (thumb piano) and bata (drums) blend unusually and vivaciously.
Yaya Diallo of Mali and Montreal plays djembe and balafon. "This is not Yaya playing, but the ancestors playing through him." --Mali elders. Fula (Peul) flute (tambin) also heard here.
The Shorty Palmer Method for Re-Skinning a Djembe. Supplies, lacing the verticals, turning the skin into a head, installing the head on the shell, the dreaded shaving process, pulling verticals and tuning the drum.
A TRADITIONAL WEST AFRICAN PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE BRINGING the SPIRIT of WEST AFRICAN MUSIC and DANCE to VERMONT and NEW ENGLAND! We are 16+ talented artists who share traditional rhythms and dances from Guinea, Senegal & Mali (West Africa). Jeh Kulu featu