Julaba Kunda
Julaba Kunda, meaning 'trader folk', is a collaboration between fiddle players Juldeh Camara from The Gambia and Griselda Sanderson, originally from Scotland. On their album Traders (2011) they exchanged ideas from their traditions that evolved nearly 3,000 miles apart. Griselda plays northern European folk stringed instruments as well as keyboards, and arranged and produced the recordings, which began when the pair got snowed in together with a load of recording equipment! West African Juldeh Camara sings in Fula, plays the one-stringed fiddle named riti (or nyaneru) and ...
Songs
Pijin Jalen
Gambia
Traditional
Bones, Fiddle, Hand Claps, Kologo, Riti, Percussion
Building, Driving, Upbeat
Working Song
Gambia
Traditional
Fiddle, Riti, Thumb Piano, Viola, Water Calabash
Driving, Happy, Playful, Upbeat
Ebaée
Gambia
Traditional
Bones, Fiddle, Kologo, Riti, Percussion
Adventurous, Cinematic, Driving, Upbeat
Balatara Canto
Gambia
Traditional
Kologo, Nyckelharpa, Riti, Thumb Piano, Hammond Organ, Percussion
White Wood
Gambia
Traditional
Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Nyckelharpa, Riti, Bowed Strings, Bowed Strings
Bright, Warm, Wondrous
Lyme Regis
Gambia
Traditional
Fiddle, Kologo, Riti, Shells, Percussion, Bowed Strings, Bowed Strings
Building, Upbeat
Massina
Gambia
Traditional
Calabash, Kologo, Nyckelharpa, Thumb Piano, Bowed Strings, Bowed Strings
Heartfelt, Peaceful, Warm
The Weather Women
Gambia
Traditional
Fiddle, Riti, Thumb Piano, Viola, Percussion
Cinematic, Driving, Uplifting, Warm
Village Salaam
Gambia
Traditional
Nyckelharpa, Riti, Talking Drum, Viola
Chill, Light, Peaceful, Reflective, Warm
Gainako
Gambia
Traditional
Kologo, Nyckelharpa, Rain Stick, Viola, Percussion, Bowed Strings, Bowed Strings, Violins
Chill, Light, Peaceful, Warm, Wondrous
Sademi
Gambia
Traditional
Kologo, Nyckelharpa, Riti, Hammond Organ, Percussion
Driving, Peaceful, Upbeat, Wondrous