Kora - Skankenstein

Taken from the album 'Kora' out now

Toumani Diabate plays the Kora

Clip from the "Toumani Diabate's Symetric Orchestra"'s DVD.

Harlem - Kora

Harlem - Kora

Kora - Burning

Sound splash 07

Kora - Politician

Can you make the right decision?

Kora music from West African Griot

Lankandia Cissoko, Mandingo griot from Senegal, performs traditional Kora music. Lankandia is from a distinguished family of traditional Mandingo musicians. For info or booking, email: info@iasorecords.com or visit our website: www.iasorecords.com

Kora - Idrissa Cissoko

Kora player festival memoire et racine Joliette

Ketama/SongHai with Toumani Diabate on kora

Ketama/SongHai with Toumani Diabate on kora. A legendary fusion with Danny Tompson, Toumani Diabate and Ketama

Kora Kagaz Tha Man Mera (Rajesh Khanna & Sharmila Tagore)

Click http://www.rajshri.com/musicvideos/moviesongs.asp?PageNo=1 to watch more movie songs

Malian Kora Musician Mamadou Diabate's Ensemble-I

Mamadou Diabate Ensemble: Baye Kouyate (calabash and talking drum), Noah Jarrett (acoustics bass), Mamadou Diabate (composer, arranger and kora), Balia Kouyate (balafon), Djikorya Mory Kante (guitar) Malian kora musician, Mamadou Diabate is a member of the Mandinka West African jeli (musician caste) family. His musical lineage goes back seven centuries to the time of Sunjata Keita, the conqueror of the Malian empire.

Djele Lankandia - Kora Music

A traditional Djele, or griot, Lankandia plays a fast style of Kora music native to Casamance, Senegal. For more information, visit: www.iasorecords.com

Jali & The Kora

Jali from the Gambia, busking in Manchester on the day of the bombs... http://flickr.com/photos/dharmasphere/26404390/

Kora Playing by TOUMANI DIABATE & THE SYMMETRIC ORCHESTRA

TOUMANI DIABATE & THE SYMMETRIC ORCHESTRA Kora lessons from the master, recorded live at WOMAD 2008, Taranaki, New Zealand A kora is built from a large calabash cut in half and covered with cow skin to make a resonator, and has a notched bridge like a lute or guitar. The sound of a kora resembles that of a harp, though when played in the traditional style, it bears a closer resemblance to flamenco guitar techniques. The player uses only the thumb and index finger of both hands to pluck the strings in polyrhythmic patterns (using the remaining fingers to hold the sticks either side of the strings and secure the instrument). Ostinato riffs ("Kumbeng") and improvised solo runs ("Biriminting") are played at the same time by skilled players. Kora players have traditionally come from griot families (also from the mandinka tribes) who are traditional historians, genealogists and storytellers who pass their skills on to their descendants. The instrument is played in Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and The Gambia. A traditional kora player is called a Jali, similar to a 'bard' or oral historian. Traditional koras feature 21 strings, eleven played by the left hand and ten by the right. Modern koras made in the Casamance region of southern Senegal sometimes feature additional bass strings, adding up to four strings to the traditional 21. Strings were traditionally made from thin strips of hide, for example antelope skin - now most strings are made from harp strings or nylon fishing line, sometimes plaited together to create thicker strings. By moving leather tuning rings up and down the neck, a kora player can retune the instrument into one of four seven-note scales. These scales are close in tuning to western Major, Minor and Lydian modes.

King Kora Gambia Tour 2007 Part I

Our born-to-be-legendary 2weeks tour on the river Gambia with concerts in Sanyang, Georgetown, Basse Santa Su, Bansang, Kuntaur, Sukuta, Kololi and in our favourite place: Bundung. The 40 people of our "extended band family" we were driving around 50 miles every day on two boats up and down the river. In the afternoons we arrived in the villages of our destination. After greeting the Alkali, the Chief of town, our technical crew tried to setup our PA in front of a big Baobab or in one of the youth centers. They tried and they succeded everytime, somehow, but they were very tired at the end of the tour. Later in the evenings we played our concerts ... and nobody stayed at home. we are planning to bring out a documentary about this tour. this is just a teaser

Kora & 5th Element Metamorfozy, nieoficjalna wersja :P

Najnowszy klip Kory i 5th Element z płyty Metamorfozy

Toumani Diabate Solo on the Kora

Toumani Diabate Solo on the Kora at the Dakota Jazz club in Minneapolis. January 28, 2008

Kora meets Balafon - Two Mamadou Diabates

With the kora player Mamadou Diabate (Mali / USA) in my home in Vienna in March 2006. He belongs to the north-western branch of the Diabates with the kora tradition, I (Burkina Faso / Austria) belong to the south-eastern branch maintaining the balafon tradition. Our family has maintained the art of making music for many centuries. The first Diabate was mentioned in the Sundjata Epos from the 13th century.

Kokon - Kora

Wykonawca: Kokon (1jestkokon.com) Utwor: Kora Album: Symbioza Rok: 2006

kora jazz trio

folly

"Miłość wieczna tęsknota" Maanam -Kora

Piosenka p.t." Miłość wieczna tęsknota" wykonanie -Zespół Maanam -Kora

BANTU Kora Award Party

Official Video BANTU celebrating 2006 Kora Award "Best African Group"

Burning - Kora - BTC

This is a music video to the song Burning made by people at the Beyond The Camera course April 2007. Very well donw. Check it out!

Mera Jeevan Kora kagaz korahi reh gaya

Film : Kora Kagaz (1974) Cast : Jaya Bhaduri, vijay anand Singer : Kishore kumar

Malian kora musician Mamadou Diabate's Ensemble-II

Mamadou Diabate Ensemble: Baye Kouyate (calabash and talking drum), Noah Jarrett (acoustics bass), Mamadou Diabate (composer, arranger and kora), Balia Kouyate (balafon), Djikorya Mory Kante (guitar) Malian kora musician, Mamadou Diabate is a member of the Mandinka West African jeli (musician caste) family. His musical lineage goes back seven centuries to the time of Sunjata Keita, the conqueror of the Malian empire.

Bobo Stenson Trio - Don's Kora Song

A song by the american trompetist Don Cherry, arranged by the swedish pianist Bobo Stenson with Stenson on piano, Anders Jormin on bass and Jon Faelt on drums. It's included on the album Cantando (ECM, 2008). The wonderful photos are from Manuel Libres Librodo Jr's work triBaLISm. You can see it at http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/tribal These videos were made with the single purpose of letting more people know about the work of the musicians, photographers and artists, whose works are shown. No profit is intended or obtained. If the copyrights owners wish to oppose to its exibition on youtube, just leave a message on the video, and i'll imediatly remove it!