Archives des Gambia - Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/category/countries/gambia/ African Music and Pop Culture Tue, 09 Jun 2020 15:57:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-favicon-akwaaba-32x32.png Archives des Gambia - Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/category/countries/gambia/ 32 32 Jali – Free “Combination” Remix by Dabö https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-free-combination-remix-by-dabo/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-free-combination-remix-by-dabo/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:05:21 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=2704 L’article Jali – Free “Combination” Remix by Dabö est apparu en premier sur Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture.

]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-free-combination-remix-by-dabo/feed/ 0 Jali’s Konteh Kunda studio in Gambia – We need your gear! https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jalis-konteh-kunda-studio-in-gambia-we-need-your-gear/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jalis-konteh-kunda-studio-in-gambia-we-need-your-gear/#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:08:00 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=2628 Jali on the mic.. A nice update from our good friend Steve Pile, the musician who made Jali’s album come to life. Steve is headed back to Konteh Kunda music school in Brikama, Gambia. He is bringing some gear with him to setup a functional recording studio there. Please read through to get the full […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jalis-konteh-kunda-studio-in-gambia-we-need-your-gear/feed/ 0 Combination Remix EP https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/combination-remix-ep/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/combination-remix-ep/#respond Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:31:07 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=2507 [:en] Rewiiiiiiind: earlier this year we shared a dozen or so individual studio tracks from the track “Combination”, an interesting combination – pun shamefully intended –  of traditional kora playing with an afrobeat jam session flavor.  Following Jali’s debut album, Konteh Kunda, produced by Bay area musician Steve Pile, we are now proud to release […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/combination-remix-ep/feed/ 0 Jali – Combination Remix Contest Winners! https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-combination-remix-contest-winners/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-combination-remix-contest-winners/#respond Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:17:01 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=2364 LONG OVERDUE!!!! We know it, and we are slightly ashamed of it… well not that ashamed really, because good things are well worth waiting for. And we are proud to announce very good things!! At last, the winners of the Jali Bakary Konteh remix contest are in… From Fulda / Würzburg Germany, our friends Hat+Hoodie […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-combination-remix-contest-winners/feed/ 0 Jali remix contest update – 3 more weeks to go! https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-remix-contest-update-3-more-weeks-to-go/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-remix-contest-update-3-more-weeks-to-go/#respond Mon, 10 May 2010 22:22:52 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=2171 I’ve managed to get unlimited web on my blackberry here in Ghana, and now a 3G USB modem, and before the modem the occasional cyber café. Well as it turns out, all of this is usually not enough to stream the tracks submitted for the remix… so how can we pick a winner?!?! The good […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-remix-contest-update-3-more-weeks-to-go/feed/ 0 Jali Bakary Konteh “Combination” remix contest https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-bakary-konteh-combination-remix-contest/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-bakary-konteh-combination-remix-contest/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:50:32 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=1966 THE RULES 1. Download the tracks HERE – 17 tracks (!) at 120 bpm, 213mb zip file. 2. Do what you do! Take the tracks and mash them up in any way you can think of.. 3. Upload your remix in our Fairtilizer dropbox and name it Combination (your name Remix) and add “Jali Combination […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-bakary-konteh-combination-remix-contest/feed/ 0 Jali going at it again on the kora https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-going-at-it-again-on-the-kora/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-going-at-it-again-on-the-kora/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:22:12 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=1960 L’article Jali going at it again on the kora est apparu en premier sur Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture.

]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-going-at-it-again-on-the-kora/feed/ 0 Bringing Home The Sound (pressdemocrat.com) https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/bringing-home-the-sound-pressdemocrat-com/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/bringing-home-the-sound-pressdemocrat-com/#respond Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:15:48 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=1956 Jali’s pictured here with Steve Pile, who also took care of Jali’s release party in Northern California. And landed this great piece in the local paper. More about Steve and his music on his website or his myspace page.

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/bringing-home-the-sound-pressdemocrat-com/feed/ 0 03/09 WW: Jali Bakary Konteh https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/0309-ww-jali-bakary-konteh/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/0309-ww-jali-bakary-konteh/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:19:01 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=1913 The album is out!! Beautiful album created in Brikama with the help of our friend Steve Pile. You can buy the album directly from us (paypal), or from iTunes. You can also get a taste for free: download the song Combination in nearly any format! A few words about Jali… Jali Bakary Konteh is a […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/0309-ww-jali-bakary-konteh/feed/ 0 Jali Bakary Konteh playing the kora in Brikama (Gambia) https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-bakary-konteh-playing-the-kora-in-brikama-gambia/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/jali-bakary-konteh-playing-the-kora-in-brikama-gambia/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:06:55 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=1911 L’article Jali Bakary Konteh playing the kora in Brikama (Gambia) est apparu en premier sur Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture.

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