Sona Jobarteh & Band: Kora Music from West Africa

Tracklist: 0:00 Jarabi 10:06 Mamamuso 16:52 Kaira 24:40 Gainaako 34:02 Kanu 44:24 Saya 49:30 Bannaya Sona Jobarteh is the first female Kora virtuoso to come from a west African Griot family. The Kora is one of the most important instruments belonging to the Manding peoples of West Africa (Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau). It belongs exclusively to griot families, and usually only men who are born into these families have the right to take up the instrument professionally. Sona Jobarteh combines various genres of African Music and western musical elements. Sonah Jobarteh – Acoustic Guitar/ Kora/ Vocals Maurice Brown – Acoustic Guitar Andi McLean – Electric Bass/ BVs Mouhamadou Sarr – Djembe/ Congas/ Calabash/ BVs University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar: Recorded on July 1, 2015 at the "mon ami", Weimar