NORTHERN LIGHT GAMBIAN NIGHT

STERNS AFRICA

Jul 2012 - 10

Mar 2012 - 3

Dec 2011 - 2

Sep 2011 - 1

"Balm for the soul, and highly recommended." Chris May All About Jazz

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**** (Evening Standard 'CDs of the Week')

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Sama Kebbalu by Dawda Jobarteh taken from Northern Light Gambian Night

Taking his musical training from a Mande griot upbringing, Dawda Jobarteh creates an intense contemporary vision of an ancient tradition. With the support of long-term friends and band members, Preben Carlsen on guitar, Nana Osibio on bass and Salieu Dibba on percussion and including some deeply personal statements Dawda weaves his distinctive kora playing through modern musical landscapes. Jobarteh's musical heritage carries considerable weight. His grandfather was Alhaji Bai Konte, the first kora player to take the instrument to the US, Dawda's father is kora player Amadou Bansang Jobarteh and his uncles Malamini Jobarteh and Dembo Konte together 26 years ago recorded the seminal kora album Jaliya for Sterns Music.