VA – Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia (2023) FLAC
Quality: FLAC 16 bit / 44.1 kHz (Tracks)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia
Released: 2023
Style: World, African
RAR Size: 385 Mb
Tracklist:
1. Musa Diatta – Watu Eriring bee Kaolo (3:06)
2. Abdoulaye Diallo – Ami Kolle / Salymane / Alassane (3:26)
3. Sijam Bukan – Mamba Sambou (2:01)
4. Adama Sambou;Ejam Kasa – Colobane Yolooli (2:08)
5. Sijam Bukan – Diego (3:04)
6. Jean “Kangaben” Djibalen – Elenbeja (2:35)
7. Esukolaal – Bapaalaay (3:25)
8. Elisa Diedhiou – Aline Sitoe (2:36)
9. Sijam Bukan – Sijam Bukan (2:24)
10. Daniel Laemou-Ahuma Jatta – Kunaare Kati Gambi (2:25)
11. Bouba Diedhiou – Aduna Esore (2:34)
12. Elisa Diedhiou – Adiatta Ubonketom (2:45)
13. Adama Sambou;Ejam Kasa – Ajeme (3:20)
14. Musa Diatta – Celestine (3:02)
15. Daniel Laemou-Ahuma Jatta – Aliinom (1:08)
16. Esukolaal – Koriye (2:50)
17. Adama Sambou;Ejam Kasa – Ahan Bokin (3:58)
18. Sijam Bukan – Asum Bunuk (3:03)
19. Bouba Diedhiou – Kanyalen Rosalie (2:31)
20. Adama Sambou;Ejam Kasa – Aguene Diambone (8:04)
21. Musa Diatta – Aliinom (Ballanta) (2:52)
22. Esukolaal – Asunge (1:57)
23. Abdoulaye Diallo – Inje Mama Oomei? (1:26)
24. Jean “Kangaben” Djibalen – Madu (8:40)
25. Abdoulaye Diallo – Ayinga Bañiil Dane Dibuke Ban (3:07)
Ears of the People is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. The nine tradition-bearers featured on the album share stories of love, heartache, conflict, spirituality, and all that is unique and beautiful in Jola culture over the rolling lilt of the instrument. An important forebear of the American banjo, the ekonting drives lively dancing and brings these stories to life. These songs, rarely heard outside Senegambia, are a living tapestry of the Jola people and a unique interweaving of human voices and stringed instruments.