Various – A Land Of Drummers – West African Traditional Senegal Gambia Folk Music Album Compilation

Various – A Land Of Drummers – West African Traditional Senegal Gambia Folk Music Album Compilation

Label: Village Pulse – VPU-1007
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1996
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: African

1 Reuss/Tatou Laube (from Sabar Wolof)
2 Thie Bou Dienne (from Sabar Wolof)
3 M’Balax (from Tabala Wolof)
4 Men’s Chorus (from Tabala Wolof)
5 Chingo (from Mandinka Drum Master)
6 Lenjen (from Mandinka Drum Master)
7 Kimada (medley) (from Balanta Balo)
8 Cisse (from Balanta Balo)
9 Haye (from Drums of the Firdu Fula)
10 Jarawali (from Drums of the Firdu Fula)
11 Mansaba (from Bougarabou)
12 Sibangal (from Bougarabou)

Digitally Recorded in Senegal and The Gambia.

A Land Of Drummers explores styles of traditional music still thriving in West Africa. Selections from six Village Pulse recordings visit master percussionists from the Firdu Fula, Wolof, Mandinka, Balanta and Jola people.

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