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Gambian kora maestro Foday Musa Suso, Guinean balafonist Famoro Dioubate, and vocalist Misia Dioubate are among his many collaborators....
Music Beyond Borders: Forestdance Trio: Music of Africa
Forestdance Trio plays the music of Africa now, at once ancient and modern, spirit which moves in us all.
Famoro Dioubaté is a master of the balafon.
From a world of deep musical tradition, motherland joins hands with all, in unity. With ancestral sounds ringing ever-fresh and present; healing sounds of the wind, water, heartbeat, earth, sky, and sun. Deep within us all, source.
The wind whispers through the trees… Forestdance!
Co-presented by Morris Arts
Forestdance Trio features Famoro Dioubate on bala (xylophone), Salieu Suso on kora (West African harp), and Kevin Nathaniel on mbira (Zimbabwean finger piano).
A Yale scholar, teaching artist, mbira player and advocate of African culture, Kevin Nathaniel Hylton has studied mbira with West African masters, performed at Lincoln Center, Juilliard, the Met and Guggenheim Museums, Kennedy Center and Symphony Space, and composed/performed for Opra Winfrey’s film, Beloved.
The founder of multiple performing ensemb