Lots of Seattle Time!
So I’ve been spending lots of time this month in Seattle, working with the Kora Band as well as with my ongoing occasional duo project with Kane Mathis, as well as some gigs with Chad McCullough. It’s been fun so far, especially the train rides, which I find to be a pretty productive time for [...]
Kora Band @ Jimmy Maks Audio!
As promised, I’ve posted the audio from our recent Jimmy Maks gig with the Kora Band. We really enjoyed this show and are happy to share it with you. It features many of the songs on our album in newer versions as well as our new arrangement of Mamadou Bitiki-Kaira, and Kane’s excellent solo kora [...]
New Audio and Video
I’ve switched themes here, hoping that this will be a bit clearer of a layout and style. Hope you enjoy it. Earlier in the month, the Kora Band played a couple of very fun gigs in Portland and Seattle We’re gearing up for our big shows at Jimmy Maks in Portland on Oct. 9 and [...]
Piano and Kora
Since I met Kane Mathis in 2007, I’ve been fascinated by the kora, a West African 21-string traditional harp. Part of what attracted me to the instrument in the first place was also what attracted Kane to it – the unique relationship between rhythm and harmony in Mandinka music. I have never been a harmony [...]
Seattle CD Release Tonight!
The Kora Band’s Seattle CD release show will be this evening at the JewelBox Theater in Belltown. We’re really looking forward to this one! We have some new tunes for this gig, including one with some vocals by Kane, who in addition to being a fantastic kora player also speaks and sings in Gambian Mandinka, [...]
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