- Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:55 pm
#36477
The kora with it's 21+ strings is really hard to play, and to master it is almost a fulltime job. So I marvel at those who master it as amateurs, the more so when they didn't grow up in Africa.
Here are the two guys I deeply admire for their ability to truly capture the spirit of this music. I know, the attitude of the first player is somehow to much in this esoteric spirit thing, but still the music is overwhelming; so please rather listen to than watch
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEGhv54EbhU[/video]
this next guy is incredible. such a mastery is the result of great talent plus early start (with 8 years). toumani diabate was his mentor and teacher. listen also to his cd, with traditional tracks of the kora repertoire as well as great compositions of josh doughty:
http://www.joshdoughty.co.uk/music
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMGOfUUL6to[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKY5oomIrBA[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxr8eONiZPY[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsCsSh07Hes[/video]
o.k., to give also give credit to African players just one example:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oToZfPGMMBY[/video]
for more interesting videos look at this channel on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/thekoraworkshop
Here are the two guys I deeply admire for their ability to truly capture the spirit of this music. I know, the attitude of the first player is somehow to much in this esoteric spirit thing, but still the music is overwhelming; so please rather listen to than watch

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEGhv54EbhU[/video]
this next guy is incredible. such a mastery is the result of great talent plus early start (with 8 years). toumani diabate was his mentor and teacher. listen also to his cd, with traditional tracks of the kora repertoire as well as great compositions of josh doughty:
http://www.joshdoughty.co.uk/music
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMGOfUUL6to[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKY5oomIrBA[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxr8eONiZPY[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsCsSh07Hes[/video]
o.k., to give also give credit to African players just one example:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oToZfPGMMBY[/video]
for more interesting videos look at this channel on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/thekoraworkshop