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See also 
Videos
Gambia Guide
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Music Downloads
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MP3 music downloads for
free - traditional Gambian Kora players to Ndaga
(Mbalax), Reggae &
Senegambian musicians. |
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One
Gambia
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Music website featuring
free online
music
listening, musical artists, bands, promoters, DJs,
profiles, forum and more. |
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Raaki
Web Radio & TV
[Sweden] |
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Online live music & entertainment
web 'station' with free downloads. |
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Gambian
Culture
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Links & information on
many musicians & culture of Gambia. |
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Gambia Music Videos
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Featuring dozens of
free downloads &
artist's official websites. |
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Gambia
Talents |
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Features the musical talents of Gambia with profiles,
a few downloads, over 60
videos & more. |
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Alhajie
Mbye |
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A griot and Kora player from a 'jali'
family going back generations. You can listen to
samples of his music on the website. |
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Compound
Sounds |
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Music of the 'Jalis' or 'Griots' by
Jali Sherrifo Konteh including, biographies, a
music school, tours, albums and accommodation in
Brikama. |
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Cora
Connection |
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The leading resource for the Kora
and Manding Music since 1996. Features online
music samples, artist profiles, history of the
Mandinka people and of course the Mandinka
harp-lute. |
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Dance Hall Masters |
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An award winning rap group trio of
singers namely: Daddy Sam (Mam Balla Joof), Brother
Coms (Lamin Fatty) and Mr. P. |
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Daniel
Jatta |
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A Jola musician/scholar from
Mandinary, living in Sweden, he pioneered the
folkloric and organological study and documentation
of his people's principal folk instrument, the
akonting (spelled ekonting in French
transliteration). It's a plucked lute. |
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Djembe
Essentials
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A company with a large website located in the Netherlands
offering Djembe drums, lots of useful background information, courses,
downloads, products and links. |
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Djobuga |
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Djobuga organises West African
dancing and djembe workshops in schools and at
companies in the Netherlands and Gambia. |
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Djambass
Music |
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Is a not-for-profit organisation
aiming to promoting understanding through
multi-cultural sounds and dance. They attract some
of the most talented African artistes and other
musicians in live performances. |
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Energy Soundz |
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Located in Sweden Energy Soundz is a
dancehall, reggae and hip hop organisation whose
goal is to promote upcoming artist, and provide mix
tapes with the latest songs in R&B and hip hop.
Free modern musical downloads available on their homepage. |
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Eo'len
Centre of West African Arts |
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A teaching centre for traditional
Gambian music catering for student groups &
individuals |
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Foday
Musa Suso |
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Foday Musa Suso is
an internationally recognized Kora player and a Griot
of the Mandingo tribe. |
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Gambian Griot School of Music |
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Learn to play the Kora, Balaphone
& djembe drums as well as West African dance.
Locate in Fajikunda, a quiet part of Serrekunda |
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Hip
Hop in Gambia |
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An article and a few links about Hip
Hop bands in the country. |
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Jalex
Superstar |
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A Gambian solo artist who performs
with an Afro-Afric style of music whose new album is
called "Soma Alfaa". See him perform
on
video on Youtube |
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Jali Yusupha Kuyateh [in German]
Translation tool |
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The website of the master of Kora
music from the Manding tribe. |
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Jambedula
Cultural Group |
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Band located in Finland playing
traditional West African style drumming, dancing
and singing. |
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Kaira
Kunda Arts |
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The website of Kora player Pa Bobo
Jobarteh and The Kaira Band, from Brikama in The
Gambia, West Africa. |
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King
Marong |
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Traditional Gambian musical dance
and workshops of Ebrima Marong located in
Australia and Gambia. |
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Kora Jaliya |
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A comprehensive portal of
information and links about the art of West African
instrument from Harald Loquenz |
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Listen
All |
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On Dembo Jobarteh's CDs you'll find
songs dating back to the time of the great Mali
empire. The site includes free sample tracks. |
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Maali's
Music School |
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The music school is in the nearby
Gambian village of Nema Kunku. The resident master
musician is Alagi M'Bye. |
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Manding Jata [Canada] |
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His performances feature 800 years
of Manding (Mali Empire) cultural arts being the Kora, Bambara
balafons, ngoni, djembe drum ensemble, flutes,
dance, masquerade, acrobatics and Mande songs of
celebration and oral traditions. |
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Mandingo Warrior [Denmark] |
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A half-Gambian reggae star living in
Denmark with a new-age roots style. |
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Music
of The Gambia [Wikipedia] |
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Information and history of Gambian
music. |
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Ousman's
Fanfare |
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Dutch based band combining African
percussion players and Dutch horn players. |
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Pa Omar Jack |
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The latest Mbalax sensation playing
on the radio station airwaves. His album, titled 'Niniyo',
is a blend of mainstream 'Dndakaru' made Ndaga &
acoustic, which features the creative fingers of
Papis Konateh, Wole Rendall, Kebba Taylor and
others. |
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People
in Africa Database: Music |
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Profiles of selected Gambian
musicians. |
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Wulaba
International |
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Austrian band troupe playing traditional
modern Afro-Manding music lead by Foday Kamara
offering drum classes, dance classes and products.
The band is located in Australia. |
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Youssou Ndure |
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Youssou Ndure's official
website. Though he is not Gambian and is now an
international superstar he loves to perform in
Gambia as he says that the Senegalese & Gambians are
in deed one and the same people. |
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Music
Links |
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Lots of further useful links to
African and Gambian music & musicians. |
