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Desire paths are formed by repeated deviation from official routes. Artist/producer Laura Groves explores private roads and dreamscapes with a series of mixtapes featuring demos, synth sketches, collaborations, pop classics, field recordings and soundtracks.

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"I stood at the border and played music that I liked…and let everybody follow their ears and move over to where I was"

Alhaji Bai Konte

Alhaji Bai Konte

Alhaji Bai Konte has been played on NTS shows including Kit Records, with Fayunkunko first played on 16 October 2016.

Alhaji Bai Konte (b. 1920; d. 1982 or 1983) was a jali (praise singer) from Brikama, Gambia. He played the 21-string kora and is believed to have been the first kora player to perform and tour in the United States as a soloist, playing at the 1973 Newport Jazz Festival. (Les Ballets Africains, a dance and music group from Guinea, had first performed in the U.S. in 1959, and featured a kora player.)

His sons Dembo Konte and Sherrifo Konteh (sic) live in Brikama, Gambia. Two LP recordings have been released of Alhaji Bai Konte with Dembo Konte and Malamini Jobarteh. Jali Sherrifo Konteh has released two CDs, 'Mansalou' and 'Chesano', and tours the UK most years.

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Alhaji Bai Konte

Alhaji Bai Konte has been played on NTS shows including Kit Records, with Fayunkunko first played on 16 October 2016.

Alhaji Bai Konte (b. 1920; d. 1982 or 1983) was a jali (praise singer) from Brikama, Gambia. He played the 21-string kora and is believed to have been the first kora player to perform and tour in the United States as a soloist, playing at the 1973 Newport Jazz Festival. (Les Ballets Africains, a dance and music group from Guinea, had first performed in the U.S. in 1959, and featured a kora player.)

His sons Dembo Konte and Sherrifo Konteh (sic) live in Brikama, Gambia. Two LP recordings have been released of Alhaji Bai Konte with Dembo Konte and Malamini Jobarteh. Jali Sherrifo Konteh has released two CDs, 'Mansalou' and 'Chesano', and tours the UK most years.

Original source Last.fm

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Tutu Jara (Sauta Tuning)
Alhaji Bai Konte, Dembo Konte, Ma Lamini Jobate
Folkways Records1979
Alla L'Aa Ke
Alhaji Bai Konte
Rounder Records1973
Fayunkunko
Alhaji Bai Konte
Rounder Records1973
Cewe Lenkele Wecho
Alhaji Bai Konte
Rounder Records1989