News Gambia Music: Merck Wants To 'Empower' Infertile Women In Africa. Can Music Videos Help?
Close is one of the many artists that the Foundation enlisted to create songs and music videos to reflect local culture and language. The musicians also include the local all-female choir from Burundi ...
News Gambia Music: THE GAMBIA – MY PERSONAL VIEW OF THE LAST 3 YEARS
For me the noise and shouting – the competition of ideas in my view – need to be heard and listened to as beautiful Gambia music. Each one of us has the right to voice opinions and make contribution ...
News Gambia Music: How the resilient Kru Sailors of Liberia influenced Highlife music in West Africa
Originally from Liberia, the Kru were also found in parts of Sierra Leone and Gambia and were a fishing ... influenced West Africa was through music and their unique way of playing the guitar ...
News Gambia Music: Kora Harpist to play at Minot Public Library
At the children’s program he wll introdce the kids to the West African kora harp and talk about his life in Gambia. He will perform on the harp at each concert. Gaskell has learned the history and ...
News Gambia Music: Gambian musician launches traditional music instrument
In an efforts to promote traditional music in the country, a Sarahulleh musician Sulayman Sissoko recently launched a Sarahulleh traditional music instrument called “Conton” at the West field Youth ...
News Gambia Music: Gambia: Jizzle Kingdom releases sizzling new video for single Killer featuring The Nobles
He is one of the few artists coming out of the Gambia that has the talent and work ethic to take Gambian music to a more commercial level. His song writing is impeccable, his production is cutting ...
News Gambia Music: Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington Talks Berklee Institute Of Jazz, Gender Equity: It 'Is Everybody's Work'
instrumentalist and founder of the Gambia Academy of Music and Culture; Canadian jazz pianist-composer Kris Davis; harpist Brandee Younger and bass guitarist-recording artist Linda May Han Oh. ...