Sona Jobarteh
With her shimmering 21-string Kora melodies and heart-swelling vocals, Sona Jobarteh is “a griot for a new generation of West Africans” (BBC)
Date/Time: Jun 30 2019, 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm
Vancouver, David Lam Park Main Stage1300 Pacific Bouevard & Drake Street
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Cost: Free
Breaking from a seven-century-old tradition which reserved the instrument for males of a hereditary musical family, Jobarteh is not only the first female Kora virtuoso, but also a formal innovator who “blends traditional music, blues, and Afropop to impressive effect’ (The Guardian).
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