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    Motherland: The Score
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    Motherland: The Score - New Release by Sona Jobarteh

    Motherland: The Score
    by Sona Jobarteh

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    Sona Jobarteh has recently finalised her new album "Fasiya".

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    Fasiya - Sona Jobarteh

    FASIYA | SONA JOBARTEH (2011)

    Sona Jobarteh's groundbreaking new album takes her musical training, expertise and production to a new level. Released in June 2011 it is an album that has already been hailed by critics as a top-rated, stunning album, being compared to Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra works as well as Rokia Traoré's award winning album. Drawing on her traditional heritage from the Griot tradition of West Africa this album forges a new path in music coming from the Gambia.

       

     

    Sona Jobarteh - Motherland: The Score

    MOTHERLAND: THE SCORE | SONA JOBARTEH (2010)

    As Sona Jobarteh's debut soundtrack to the multi-award winning film "Motherland" directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah. Motherland score is an innovative exploration into the cinematic representation of a Classical African sound world. Whilst much of the score draws primarily on the West African Griot tradition, it also reinvents it in a new, innovarive way to accommodate the visual realm.

       

     

    Sona Jobarteh - Lamentations: Tunde Jegede

    LAMENTATIONS | TUNDE JEDGEDE

    Sona Jobarteh featured as a Kora player and a Composer on this seminal classical debut album by Tunde Jegede. 'Lamentation' was voted album of the year by Wire magazine, chosen by opera diva Maria Ewing as one of her Desert Island discs, and has very successfully found its way to a worldwide audience.

       

     

    Sona Jobarteh - Malian Royal Court Music: Tunde Jegede

    MALIAN ROYAL COURT MUSIC | TUNDE JEGEDE

    This album was the first of its kind, marking the establishment of a new concept - African Classical Music. It has been hailed by many critics as a masterpiece within the idiom of African Classical Music. Featuring Sona Jobarteh earliest piece 'Fountain of People's Hope' which she composed at the age of six. It was arranged by Tunde Jegede for this album, featuring two Koras and Flute.

       

     

    Sona Jobarteh - Music Of The Diaspora: 500 Years Later

    MUSIC OF THE DIASPORA | 500 YEARS LATER SOUNDTRACK

    The soundtrack to the multi-award winning, groundbreaking, widely acclaimed documentary film '500 Years Later' which charts the history and impact of slavery on the African peoples in the diapora. Sona Jobarteh for the first time moves into the sphere of film-music and works with fellow songwriter Owen 'Alik Shahadah to produce the reflective, timeless track 'If I', as well as her collaborative piece 'Life Saver' with HKB FiNN.

       

    Sona Jobarteh - Acoustic Afro Hip Hop: HKB FiNN

    ACOUSTIC AFRO HIP HOP | HKB FiNN

    This classic album is an exploration of the meeting point between Africa and the African Diaspora. It features an acoustic collection of heavy bass grooves, experimental jazz, world music and soulful Hip Hop elements. Sona Jobarteh contributed her skills as a producer. Her most notable contribution to this album was the track 'Life Saver' which she wrote with HKB FiNN.

       

     

    Sona Jobarteh - Light In The Shade Of Darkness: HKB FiNN

    LIGHT IN THE SHADE OF DARKNESS | HKB FiNN

    This album brings a marked musical and poetic maturity to the realm of Acoustic Afro Hip Hop. It is a kaleidoscopic musical experience with a well balanced blend of spoken word, poetry & Soul, skillfully encompassing Blues, Reggae & Afro-beats.

       

     


       

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