Tangents Playlist 12/20/2005

Label	Artist	Album	Selection
12/20/2005
Cross-Cultural Kora
Tangents spotlights the kora, the 21 stringed harp/lute indigenous to West Africa. Best known as a solo instrument, the kora has emerged as a vehicle for cross-cultural explorations. Host Dore Stein shows that the kora is at home anywhere, with songs steeped in flamenco, Afro-Cuban, North Indian classical, Swedish polska, jazz and qawwali (featuring Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Kauwding Cissokho).
Asphodel	Tipsy	"Trip Tease" The Seductive Sounds of Tipsy	Tuatara (intro music)
Hannibal	Songhai (Ketama, Toumani Diabate, Danny Thompson)	Songhai	Mani Mani Kuru (Kora: Toumani Diabate)
Celluloid	Kora Jazz Trio [english bio]	Kora Jazz Trio - Part Two (I)(N)	Sunugal (Kora: Djeli Moussa Diawara)
Palm Pictures	Ernest Ranglin	In Search of the Lost Riddim	Up On The Downstroke (Kora: Kauwding Cissokho)
Six Degrees	Carlos Patato Valdes	Patato: The Legend of Cuban Percussion [album review]	Kora-Son (Kora: Abdou M'Boup)

Saraswati [Alexandros Karsiotis, Tel: +30 2295 052 560]	ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ & Ο ΚΟΣΜΟΣ Master Musicians Meeting Club (Ballake Sissoko, Petrolukas Halkias, Rakesh Chaurasia, Subhankar Banerjee, Devashish Dey, Rabindra Goswami)	ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ & Ο ΚΟΣΜΟΣ Master Musicians Meeting Club (I)	Sunrise (Kora: Ballake Sissoko)
Mélodie	Djeli Moussa Diawara & Bob Brozman	Ocean Blues (I)	Almany
Forest Hill	Cantodiscanto	Malmediterraneo (I)	Bandera (Flag) (Kora: Lao Kouyate, Vocals: Gabin Dabire)

Soundscape	Roswell Rudd & Toumani Diabate	MALIcool	TT (Kora: Toumani Diabate)
Xource	Ellika & Solo	Tretakt Takissaba (I)	Takissaba Polska (Kora: Solo Cissokho)
Real World	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook	Night Song	My Heart, My Life (Kora: Kauwding Cissokho)

Ellipsis Arts	Foday Musa Suso with Philip Glass	Jali Kunda: Griots of West Africa & Beyond (var)(single CD box set)	Spring Waterfall
Six Degrees	Kirsten Bråten Berg	From Senegal to Setesdal	Bånsullar / Ding Ding Ide (Kora: Solo Cissokho)
More Information & Links: Toumani Diabate Djeli Moussa Diawara Kauding Cissokho Abdou M'Boup—Abdou M'Boup is from Senegal and is a griot. He has trained in the memorization of the complex rhythms and oral history of his people since he was a child. He recorded with the Tom Tom Club and is heard on the Talking Heads' "Naked" CD. He has also recorded with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, recorded and toured with pianist Jean-Michel Pilc and performed with Randy Weston. Ballake Cissokho (or Sissoko)—He was first brought to world-wide attention on the 1999 collaboration with distant cousin Toumani Diabate on "New Ancient Strings".. They have lived next door to each other since birth. The son of the late Djelimadi Sissoko, one of Mali's greatest musicians, Ballak represents the new sound of the younger generation. His solo recording are on the Indigo label out of France. His solo CDs @ Label Bleu Lao Kouyate—Senegalese Griot Kora master Solo Cissokho leopardmannen.no mic.no Foday Musa Suso fmsuso.com mp3.com worldmusiccentral.org
KEY D = debut comp = compilation FC = forthcoming I = import L = latest OVP = Out of Print N = new NR = newly reissued sdtrk = soundtrack TT = title track var = various N/A = not available NOTE: A space between the rows (usually with a time) indicates a set break
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