Kora Grooves

N'Faly Kouyate | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arc Music
• ASIN: B0002VGRMM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #712,718 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Va Chanter

2. Nana

3. Dunya

4. N'Na

5. Wawa

6. Experience

7. N'Diyanomo

8. Korokan

9. Djigui

10. N'Toman

11. Diarabi

12. Djuguyanguya

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kouyate Does, Indeed, Groove, June 11, 2005

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Mikey Sayz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kora Grooves from West Africa (Audio CD)

It's too bad they don't have the listening samples posted for this. I stumbled upon this while, being temporarily bored with the same old thing, I drifted into the international section at the record store. This is a beautiful album, with amazing percussion, lovely vocals,and incredible playing on a string instrument that sounds very much like a cross between a mandolin and a koto (as used so well by the jazz group, Hiroshima). The liner notes say that Kouyate comes from a band called the Afro Celt Sound System. That name fits the sound quite well, but you should also note the occasional touches of jazz, blues, and even folk. To me, it is a perfect sound for laying around by the pool with your friends, with a feel that can best be summed up as "festive."