The Kora
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Matt Smith
I’m not the only one who has noticed spring making its slow way across these February days. You can see it in people as they emerge from their cars, houses, buildings -- a subtle shift of the head position and the posture as the senses pick up all that new life; there might even be a slight pause as the body remembers the shape and grip of the changed air.
So to help with the summoning forth of warmer times, here is some Kora playing from a Gambian master -- Griot Lamin Saho. For anyone who has been to The Gambia the extraordinary intricacies of this instrument can’t fail to take you back, to the heat, the roar of life…
