New Album Releases: EARS OF THE PEOPLE - EKONTING SONGS FROM SENEGAL AND THE GAMBIA (Various Artists)

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Artist:
Various Artists

Genre:
International
African Folk

Total Time:
78:12

Record Label:
Smithsonian Folkways

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
February 3, 2022




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Product Description: Ears of the People is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. The nine tradition-bearers featured on the album share stories of love, heartache, conflict, spirituality, and all that is unique and beautiful in Jola culture over the rolling lilt of the instrument. An important forebear of the American banjo, the ekonting drives lively dancing and brings these stories to life. These songs, rarely heard outside Senegambia, are a living tapestry of the Jola people and a unique interweaving of human voices and stringed instruments.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Watu Eriring bee Kaolo Musa Diatta (03:06)

2 . Ami Kolle / Salymane / Alassane Abdoulaye Diallo (03:26)

3 . Mamba Sambou Sijam Bukan (02:01)

4 . Colobane Yolooli Adama Sambou & Ejam Kasa (02:08)

5 . iego Sijam Bukan (03:04)

6 . Elenbeja Jean "Kangaben" Djibalen (02:35)

7 . Bapaalaay Esukolaal (03:25)

8 . Aline Sitoe Elisa Diedhiou (02:36)

9 . Sijam Bukan Sijam Bukan (02:24)

10 . Kunaare Kati Gambi aniel Laemou-Ahuma Jatta (02:25)

11 . Aduna Esore Bouba Diedhiou (02:34)

12 . Adiatta Ubonketom Elisa Diedhiou (02:45)

13 . Ajeme Adama Sambou & Ejam Kasa (03:20)

14 . Celestine Musa Diatta (03:02)

15 . Aliinom aniel Laemou-Ahuma Jatta (01:08)

16 . Koriye Esukolaal (02:50)

17 . Ahan Bokin Adama Sambou & Ejam Kasa (03:58)

18 . Asum Bunuk Sijam Bukan (03:03)

19 . Kanyalen Rosalie Bouba Diedhiou (02:31)

20 . Aguene Diambone Adama Sambou & Ejam Kasa (08:04)

21 . Aliinom (Ballanta) Musa Diatta (02:52)

22 . Asunge Esukolaal (01:57)

23 . Inje Mama Oomei? Abdoulaye Diallo (01:26)

24 . Madu Jean "Kangaben" Djibalen (08:40)

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