Sekou Kouyate has been called ?West Africa?s equivalent to Jimi Hendrix?. ?Sabaru? is the new album by the multi-award winning Guinean kora virtuoso, singer and composer, Sekou Kouyate, who invented the electrified kora at the age of 12 - and went on to pioneer the sound with fast riffs, experimental distortions and rock and reggae-influenced playing. His family band, Section Kora, impressed audiences and the press on their recent successful tours Scandinavia and Mexico - and they recorded this album during visits to Copenhagen in 2014 and 2015, with the guest star, Francis Kweku Osei for Ghana. Some of the songs are performed entirely by the multi instrumentalist Sekou Kouyate.?Sabaru?, meaning patience, sums up Sekou?s musical history: rooted in his West African traditions and influenced by the contemporary blues, soul, funk and jazz, that had been his early inspirations. Sekou extracts multiple sound layers from his Kora - a rich instrument with endless possibilities for complex combinations of tones and polyrhythms - and on which he performs with great individual expression.
Tracks:
1. Dela 5:42
2. Dindinya 4:20
3. Atongo 4:19
4. Grrove Kora 3:08
5. Fouta 2:16
6. Emourafama 2:49
7. Nade 2:02
8. Ska 3:11
9. Desert 1:47
10. Asuaira 3:55
11. Dificil 3:52
12. Mobeny 4:57
