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The Library CD Music Shelf
Dununya
Famoro Dioubate's Kakande
Jumbie Records
c/o Rock Paper Scissors
511 West 4th Street, Suite 2, Bloomington, IN 47404
$18.99 www (dot) rockpaperscissors.biz www (dot) JumbieRecords (dot)
com
Famoro Dioubate is a balafon (African xylophone) master from one of
the most prestigious griot (musician/storyteller) families in Guinea.
With his ensemble Kakande, named for his ancestral village, Dioubate
presents a new music CD album Dununya, which brings the wonders of
African musical tradition to a worldwide audience. Vocals, flutes,
guitars, and cellos complemented by Dioubate's heavenly touch upon the
balafon coalesce into a cross-cultural masterpiece of rhythm,
allegorical wisdom, and African dialogue. Highly recommended as a
welcome addition to international and public library music CD
collections. The tracks are Kakande, Bani, Mariama Traore, Nina Kaba,
Souaresi, Paya Paya, Bouba Sylla, Dununya, Mali Sadjo, So Si Sa, and
Temedi Kota.
Africa to Appalachia
Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko
Rock Paper Scissors (publicity)
511 West 4th Street, Suite 2, Bloomington, IN 47404
CD, $TBA www (dot) rockpaperscissors (dot) biz www (dot) jaymestone
(dot) com
Africa to Appalachia is a music CD collaboration between recording
artist and banjo expert Jayme Stone, who traveled to the African
nation of Mali in search of the aspects of African music not readily
available in modern America, and Mansa Sissoko, a griot singer and
kora (a 21-string African harp) player. Stone's quest resulted in a
bounty of rediscovery: perpetual polyrhythms, supersonic melodies, and
traditional story-songs of timeless legends. Africa to Appalachia is a
wondrous rebirth of native musical traditions, flowing out of a
questing artist's search for the culture, tradition, expressions, and
connections that can't be found through a high-tech internet search
engine. Highly recommended especially for public library music CD
collections and international music shelves.
Light on the Water
Timothy Cooper
New Piano Age Music
4101 Davenport St., NW, WDC 20016
The Creative Service Company (publicity)
4360 Emerald Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80918
CD, $15.95, www (dot) new-piano-age (dot) com
Light on the Water is a CD of new age piano music written and
performed by artist and human rights advocate Timothy Cooper. Though
strongly influenced by and created in response to the September 11th
attacks, Light on the Water is musical collection promoting peace,
healing, and humanity above all. The flowing melodies and quiet beauty
of the music respects the suffering of the dead and the survivors,
even as it kindles hope for the future and shaping a better world. A
heart-touching album, highly recommended. The tracks are
"Worldscapes", "Why", "Rising", Solar Nights", "Soundings", "Curve of
Madness", "One Smile", "Open Soul", "A Quiet Urgency", "Autumn Tears",
"Advancing Moors", "Light on the Water", "The Struggles", "Glad
Sorrows", "Ribbons of Starlight", "Solstice", "Worldscapes (Reprise)",
"Advancing Moors (Reprise)", and "Advent". 57 min 12 seconds.
Live!
GeminiSun Records
30765 Pacific Coast Highway #330, Malibu, CA 90265
The Creative Service Company (publicity)
4360 Emerald Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80918
CD, $21.98, www (dot) GeminiSunRecords (dot) com
Part of GeminiSun Records' Audio Visual Connect Series, Live! is a two-
disc CD and DVD set celebrating the art of instrumental music.
Featuring Nicholas Gunn, Johannes Linstead, Loren Gold, and David
Arkenstone, Live! offers the next best thing to experiencing the
vibrance of their music show in person. In addition to performing live
on stage, the artists also talk about what each song means to them,
and the wonder that expressing oneself through music. The tracks are
"Desert Crossing" (8:20), "Falling" (2:37), "For My Baby" (4:04),
"Sunnyside" (5:50), "Earth Bones" (2:03), "Elves' Chasm" (4:47),
"Apasionado Uno" (4:05), "Breathe" (4:10), "New Day" (5:13), "Dance in
the Desert" (7:01), "Gypsy Camp" (5:45), "Spanish Town" (4:21),
"Ambrosia" (4:3 , "Streets of Old San Juan" (3:26), "Djunga" (7:33).
1 CD, 73 min. 51 sec.; 1 DVD, 74 min. 30 sec.
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