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Karang Folo means 'first lesson'. This is a song you will play at your first kora lesson in the Gambia and elsewhere. Back in the Gambia I did not learn to play the kora as the other boys in my family. In Denmark I had my 'karang folo' alone and with a kora I borrowed from a good friend.

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from Northern Light Gambian Night, released August 23, 2011
Karang Folo
(Trad. Arr. Dawda Jobarteh)

Dawda Jobarteh: koras, vocals
Linley Marthe: bass
Zoltan Czörsz Jr.: drums
Salieu Dibba: djembe

Recorded at Fifth Dimension

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Dawda Jobarteh Copenhagen, Denmark

Reflecting both his new home and life in Denmark, and his birth and history in The Gambia, there is a quiet confidence to Dawda Jobarteh's third album. His music ranges from original kora instrumentals and social-commentary songs, to Gambian and Scandinavian tunes hundreds of years old. Unique and compelling. ... more

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