AFRICAN DRUM MUSIC

The Rhythm Reference Project is an easy to use learning tool for many traditional West African djembe and dunun rhythms, all recorded by Master Drummer, Fara Tolno. This digital collectio...

This album highlights master drummer, Bolokada Conde, and the griot singers of Sankaran. Griots or Djelis are oral historians and serve as the cultural preserver in Malinka society. Gri...

Soon after his arrival in Belgium in 1988, Mamady created the group Sewa Kan, "the sound of the joy", in Maninka. His first album is mainly devoted to the music of Wassolon region, which ...

The third solo album of original and traditional Ghanaian music from Sowah.

Bolokadas 2nd album recorded in his village.. Joined by the young girls in his village this is a djembe shredding cd with the village flavour . Joined by balaphonist Alkaly Camara, one ...

An amazing performance by Mamady Keïta and his group Sewa Kan in Brussels at the 15th annual Couleur Café Festival in 2004. Features special guests Baba Sissoko, Bruno Genero, Seckou Keit...

Recorded in Conakry, Guinea just this January 2...

Mamady and Sewa Kan, supplemented by the voices of Mama Adama Camara, Géralde Alcindor and djembé of his brother Ntoman Keïta, explore more of the Mandingue repertory from the traditions ...

During the filming of Djembéfola when Mamady returned to the village of his birth, Balandugu, he had wanted to reunite and record an album with his fellow masters and the companions of hi...

Mamady Keïta conducts the playing and dialogues or alternates solos with his guest and fellow master Famoudou Konaté. Their plan was to make this CD a reference to bring back the Dununba ...

Afö is the end-result of Mamady's work based on the idea of combining traditional rhythms with a ballet style performance. Each rhythm is rigorously faithful to its traditional form, but ...

It had been 36 years since Mamady had been in Balandugu, the village where he was born, at the time of the festivals for the end of the Ramadan. Featuring music and dancing in his honor, ...

The djeli (or griot) is a key figure in the culture of the Mandingue. Their repertory must apply to any circumstances and songs of praise are their major ingredient. The dialogue between ...

Wassolon CD, the first album recorded in Belgium, is now 15 years old. Mamady dreamed of a new recording of these rhythms , one that would be performed by a group of young musicians (and ...