16:30 - 17:30
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.
 听   NURU KANE (SENEGAL)  Dakar born, Paris based, Nuru Kane was born in Senegal in the 1970s and migrated to France in the mid-90s. There his vocal and multi-instrumental abilities found him in demand both fronting his own band and guesting with others. Yet Kane did not truly find his musical direction until a trip to Morocco left him captivated by the rhythms of Gnawa. Gnawa originates with the Gnawa brotherhoods: these religious and social organisations are comprised of the descendents of West Africans who were brought across the Sahara to Marrakech as slaves centuries ago. The Gnawa鈥檚 music remains North Africa鈥檚 most primal and maintains a strong link to that of Mali/Senegal. Kane was so impressed by the Gnawa that he returned to Paris with the central Gnawa instrument, the guimbri (a melodic three-stringed acoustic bass) and formed Bayefall Gnawa with Thierry Fournel (oud, guitar and sanza) and Djeli Makan Sissoko (苍鈥檊辞苍颈 and tama). Fusing North and West African influences, the band developed a following on the Paris club scene and were invited to perform at Mali鈥檚 legendary Festival In The Desert in 2004. Their impressive performance at Festival In The Desert lead to an invitation from the UK鈥檚 Riverboat Records to record an album. Nuru cut his debut album Sigil in Scotland and Paris with Mouth Music鈥檚 Martin Swan producing. Sigil effortlessly fuses North African Gnawa with the eclectic, soulful flavours of Senegalese music. 厂颈驳颈濒鈥檚 instrumentation is primarily acoustic but the results are electric. The lyrics of Sigil focus on religious teachings, human emotions, morality, spiritual leaders and the impact of colonization and violence. While credited solely to Nuru Kane both Thierry Fournel and Djeli Makan Sissoko (of Bayefall Gnawa) play of Sigil. 鈥淔ive years ago I released Diamono Euro, a disc for Africans about the new Euro currency sung in African languages,鈥 says Kane. 鈥淭oday I give you the music of Bayefall Gnawa, a blend of the rhythms and colours of traditional musics and Oriental and European sounds. This album is the result of all the meetings and reading that have inspired me. It is an open letter.鈥 Garth Cartwright 听 Read other people's comments then听  Tell us what you think:
joseph tucker, 24
sarah.coventry
chris murtagh newcastle
DJ fflyffilyfbybl - Byd Mawr soundsystem
Keith Millard, Milton Keynes
Chris Murtagh Newcastle upon Tyne
Jim Hickson, 15 |
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