Somanda by Sean Gaskell
Tracklist
| 1. | Somanda | 5:10 |
| 2. | Jarabi | 6:46 |
| 3. | Mali Sadio | 5:02 |
| 4. | Tiramakan Traore | 7:00 |
| 5. | Kuruntu Kelefa/Jato | 7:31 |
| 6. | Mbanyaling | 3:51 |
| 7. | Sori | 2:50 |
| 8. | Tabara | 6:02 |
| 9. | Kaira | 4:06 |
Credits
released March 1, 2016
Recorded in February 2016 at Erik Flockoi studios- Pasadena, CA
Album artwork by Sarah Kellington- Olympia, WA
Recorded in February 2016 at Erik Flockoi studios- Pasadena, CA
Album artwork by Sarah Kellington- Olympia, WA
License
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Sean Gaskell features songs on the West African kora- commonly a 21 or 22 stringed harp.
He learned to play over the course of multiple visits to Gambia and Senegal, where he studied with Malamini Jobarteh, Moriba Kuyateh, Youssoupha Cissokho and Mamadou Cissokho.
He tours regularly throughout the United States and Canada primarily as a solo act.