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Jalikunda

Senegal / Gambia / NYC

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Recorded live on Sept. 5, 2024, by Tyler Wood at The Hurley House in Hurleyville, NY. 
Mixed and mastered by Tyler Wood at Sauce Farm Studio, Catskill, NY

 

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We've meticulously prepared a collection of remix-friendly audio (loops and one-shots) and video (stems) from the above album and are making them available as free downloads with a Creative Commons BY NC SA license, which allows you to remix and share them solely for non-commercial purposes, as long as you always give credit to Remix ⟷ Culture and Jalikunda, and provide a link to this very same license.

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About The Band

A master of the West African kora from the Gambia, Malang has played the kora since childhood resulting in tremendous success, being featured on recordings with Boubacar Diebate, Bela Fleck and Dialy Kounda, among others. Malang’s passion for music comes from his heritage. Born in a family of Jaly, also called ‘griot’ in West Africa, he was raised to become a musician. Malang’s instrument, the 21-string Kora, is the most complex and perhaps the most highly respected instrument of the tradition. As an adult, he is now responsible for maintaining the history of the previous generations.

Band Members

Malang Jobarteh - Kora ● Moussa Drame - Dundun

Mamoudou Konate - Djembe ● Ebrima Jassey - Balafon

Bailou - Flute, Vocals ● Kankaba Kouyate - Vocals

Jalikunda was founded in 2019 by Malang Jobarteh, a celebrated Senegalese jali kora musician. Jalikunda is a home for all jali, gewel, and griots dedicated to preserving, promoting, and supporting the Manding performing arts of West Africans in New York City. Jalikunda is not only an ensemble of stellar musicians, dancers, and jali with roots mostly in the Gambia, but also an extended family, community, and organization. Jali (often referred to as griots) are oral historians who educate others by reciting stories or histories with self-accompaniment, often virtuosically, on instruments like the harp-like kora or balafon, a West African xylophone, and female vocals.

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