Performance – Konkoni.org

Ngri : Rainer Polak, Gerhard Kero

October 2, 2018

Sunu : Karim Coulibaly

Karim Coulibaly (Featured as a guest soloist on Sega Sidibe’s most recent release) and another guy (possibly Sheik Oumar Traore) play Sunu in Bamako. The first guy plays his solo mostly with tones and closed slaps, just like they do in Kaarta, the area Sunu comes from. We like this video because: There are no dununs […]

November 1, 2015

Farabakan : Sega Sidibe

This is a fantastic rendition of Farabakan, or “Kalabanka”, as Sega says it was originally called. According to a thread on djembefola.com, Sega has been known to say that this rhythm was played without dundun until more recently. So in this video, he gets to show the older version of the rhythm.

June 23, 2015

Bamanafoli : Numuya

A great Video! A djembe group from England called Numuya plays Bamana Foli with Adam Bailey on solo djembe. They’re not master drummers yet, but they’re well on their way. They are cooperative, they’re well-studied, and they have great feeling. We like this video because: These guys could make an album and we’d buy it. […]

December 23, 2014