Title: Karam Artist: Kimi Djabate Label: Cumbancha Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 890846001121 Genre: Soul/R & B Release Date: 2009-07-28 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: DIGIPACK PACKAGING
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.
Tracks: 1.1 Kod (Love) 1.2 Karam [Education] 1.3 Djomb [Personality] 1.4 Mussolu [Women] 1.5 Mogolu [The People] 1.6 Manla [I Cannot Believe It] 1.7 N [Mother] 1.8 Dab [Tribute to Dab ] 1.9 Fatu [Tribute to Fatumata] 1.10 Manh [Bride] 1.11 Alifat [Stop!] 1.12 Djalia [The Griot's Art] 1.13 Fulol N [Ethnicity] 1.14 Banhan [Enough] 1.15 Bagi [Tribute to Bagi]
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