It's a fusion of Cuban rhytims with music from West Africa. Seckou Keita is from Senegal and is known for playing songs from the southern part of Senegal, which is Casamance.
CUBA SENEGAL and VENEZUELA - UNITED WE SWING ! The Atlantic Ocean separates Cuba and Senegal, the respective birthplaces of piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and kora maestro Seckou Keita, a distance diminished by their shared ancestral connection to Africa. When the pair met in 2012, Seckou loved Omar for his musical spirituality, while Omar saw in Seckou a rare ability to collaborate, without losing his identity. Their debut album Transparent Water (2017) was hailed as "beautiful, rhapsodic, spiritual" (Songlines) and "mesmerising, evocative and sophisticated" (World Music Central). SOSA has released over 30 albums during an incredible career that has included nominations for 7 GRAMMY or Latin GRAMMY Awards; Keita is a multi-award winner, as well, most recently as the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year (2019). Recorded during lockdown, and to be released in OCTOBER this year 2021, Sosa and Keita’s second album SUBA is a hymn to hope, to a new dawn of compassion and real change in a post-pandemic world, a visceral reiteration of humanity’s perennial prayer for Peace and Unity. Joining Omar and Seckou in the studio and for live performances is the inimitable Venezuelan percussionist, Gustavo Ovalles.
It's not all Africa...Omar Sosa is Cuban, that's why El Manicero is in the background. Cuban rythms meet North African music. Genius!
He’s African Cuban.
It's a fusion of Cuban rhytims with music from West Africa. Seckou Keita is from Senegal and is known for playing songs from the southern part of Senegal, which is Casamance.
CUBA SENEGAL and VENEZUELA - UNITED WE SWING !
The Atlantic Ocean separates Cuba and Senegal, the respective birthplaces of
piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and kora maestro Seckou Keita, a distance diminished
by their shared ancestral connection to Africa. When the pair met in 2012, Seckou
loved Omar for his musical spirituality, while Omar saw in Seckou a rare ability to
collaborate, without losing his identity.
Their debut album Transparent Water (2017) was hailed as "beautiful, rhapsodic,
spiritual" (Songlines) and "mesmerising, evocative and sophisticated"
(World Music Central).
SOSA has released over 30 albums during an incredible career that has included
nominations for 7 GRAMMY or Latin GRAMMY Awards; Keita is a multi-award winner,
as well, most recently as the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year (2019).
Recorded during lockdown, and to be released in OCTOBER this year 2021, Sosa
and Keita’s second album SUBA is a hymn to hope, to a new dawn of compassion
and real change in a post-pandemic world, a visceral reiteration of humanity’s
perennial prayer for Peace and Unity. Joining Omar and Seckou in the studio and
for live performances is the inimitable Venezuelan percussionist, Gustavo Ovalles.
A F R I C A...
I enjoyed this so much! I also enjoyed finding this album transparent water. Cant stop dancing with the joy....Transformative music.
Thanks to Jazz FM for introducing me to this.
Yeah, me too
Beautiful !
Quel trio ! Quand la virtuosité rime avec simplicité !
Me tocan el corazón, siento todas sus notas en mi pecho
Muito bom!
SUPER
Primera vez que escucha esta obra. Muy buenos, felicitaciones!!
Goosebumps as ever since my first encounter with the kora with this song, played by Foday Musa Suso with Herbie Hancock, keys (album "Village Life").
Truly beautiful !
Mes parents l'ont ecouté à la Halle aux Grains et ne tarissaient pas d'eloges 🤗
Maintenant je sais.
such feel good music beats
thank you xx
Oh wonderful.
Riquisimo !
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
alchemy perfection. xx
Superbe une pure merveille
Sublime, excepcional
Délicieux💕💕💞💕💞
Delícia......🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Fantástico, una maravilla!
superbe.
merci.
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