AFRICAN DRUM MUSIC

The kora (harp-lute), which is found throughout West Africa, is a very beautiful instrument, not only in the sound it produces but also in its shape. It has a long neck, passing through a...

Here we find pieces ranging from Hispano-Moorish music - which gave rise to the ma’lûf (Tunisian name for traditional art music of Andalusian origin) - to the music of the desert nomads, ...

Africa's musical culture, based on a very rich rhythmic structure, is dominated by percussion instruments, particularly drums and balafons (gourd-resonated frame xylophones). This compact...

Choruses from Africa, authentic and unspoilt, alive with religious fervour, and accompanied by superb percussion, including drums, jingles and rattles. An unforgettable recording made in ...

Each year, at the end of May, the Marrakech Festival brings together the best of Berber singers. To the rhythm of bendir and tissint, underlined by the sounds of the high flute, the voice...

Cabo Verde, formerly a Portuguese colony, is a country consisting of a small group of islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of West Africa (Senegal). It has a strong musical tradition an...

Ethiopia has an incredibly rich musical heritage. Four different aspects of that heritage are presented here: folk music, religious music, polyphony from Dorzé, polyphony of the tribes li...

Let the ancestral rhythms of the African djembé (drum) and balafon (xylophone) awaken the emotions that lie deep down inside you. Celebration, stimulation, initiation… These magical instr...