Kimi Djabate - Karam (CD)
Description
The first release in the CUMBANCHA DISCOVERY series, which provides a platform for under-exposed talents in international music. Kimi Djabate is a guitarist, percussionist and balafon (African xylophone) player from Guinea-Bissaue, a former Portuguese colony in West Africa. Djabates appealing and accessible sound is acoustic and melodic, with a touch of Afro-Latin swing on some tracks and the gentle sounds of the balafon providing a foundation for most. Fans of Habib Koite, Toumani Diabate, Cesaria Evore and Sara Tavares will find much to love in Kimi Djabate's stunning music.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 890846001121
- Department
- Music
- Released
- 28 Jul 2009
- Artist
- Kimi Djabate
- Format
- Audio CD
- Genre
- World Music
- Label
- Cumbancha
- Tracks
- Kod (Love)
[Disc 1]
- Karam [Education]
- Djomb [Personality]
- Mussolu [Women]
- Mogolu [the People]
- Manla [I Cannot Believe It]
- N [Mother]
- Dab [Tribute to Dab ]
- Fatu [Tribute to Fatumata]
- Manh [Bride]
- Alifat [Stop!]
- Djalia [the Griot's Art]
- Fulol n [Ethnicity]
- Banhan [Enough]
- Bagi [Tribute to Bagi]
- Year
- 2009
- Supply Source
- USA