Kunda Drame - African Tribal Rhythms: Kora Fola (1999)
Artist: Kunda Drame
Title: African Tribal Rhythms: Kora Fola
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Superbuy / Mastersong
Genre: World, African
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log)
Total Time: 55:51
Total Size: 256 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: African Tribal Rhythms: Kora Fola
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Superbuy / Mastersong
Genre: World, African
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log)
Total Time: 55:51
Total Size: 256 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Kele Fa (3:33)
02. Saar (3:53)
03. Neneh Salimah (6:06)
04. Kibassa Nya (3:28)
05. Lamin Dumbia (2:22)
06. Jan Jumba (5:02)
07. Tamba Jame (7:38)
08. Kaja Kunfy (4:31)
09. Laskandally (4:43)
10. Sonkunsedy (5:41)
11. Amadu Sherif (2:10)
12. Lung Konte (3:12)
13. Saloomba (3:32)
Kunda Drame is a native of Cassamance in the Senegal Province between Gambia and Guinea Bissau. At the age of five, he started to learn the Kora (a 21-string bridge-harp used extensively in West Africa) from his uncle, Lalokiabah Drame who was the resident Kora player for Radio Senegal for many years. Kunda plays in a traditional Cassamance style of Kora and tunes it very high to the upper limit of Kora, just above A. He plays his Kora equally at ease in the tunings - Tilibu, Silibah, and Tomara. In this recording, Sonkunsedy is in Tomora, which has two notes on standard pitch and five somewhat sharp in a seven note scale.