The second piece (please see the last post below, sorry but Imeem won’t let me put two songs in the same post) is really interesting--I’ve never heard it anywhere before, it’s called "Sibinnorbakari," I think. It starts with a rhythmically free introductory section, then at about the third minute it really kicks into gear: Alphousseyni plays a gorgeous, contrapuntal pattern in the lower middle register of the instrument. That he manages to maintain the elevated sweetness in his voice while outlining the intricate kora accompaniment is really incredible--you hear a lot of kora players, even really good ones, back off of the tricky parts while they sing (the focal point during such passages are the lyrics anyway, so usually the kora is understated), but Alphousseyni’s fingers keep flying across the thick bass strings with ease. Damn.
So there are a few more tunes from Senegal. I’ll try to keep posting music (including other people’s playing--Alphousseyni is just so good I can’t help myself) as I record it and I hope that the technical side of things is working--I can’t test the mp3’s embedded on the blog page because the internet connection in Pekine is too slow, so if it’s not working, let me know and I’ll try to fix it.
Hope you are all doing well, and I miss you!
1 comment:
really really beautiful song, i never realized how sweet the kora sounds (sweet as in like a harp, not as in dude, thats sweet)
ps. the lime green still shocks me every time i look at your blog.
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