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Keepers of the Talking Drum
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Track Listing
- Ganass
- Bak
- Pithiémé Samba
- Awounalène
- Ganass
- Dagagne
- Bak
- Leumbeul
- Tagoumbar
- Bak
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #501142 in Music
- Released on: 1999-10-01
- Number of discs: 1
Editorial Reviews
From Amazon.com
The Tama Walo ensemble comes from northwestern Senegal, a Wolof speaking region on the Senegal River. While the sabar drums have been made more famous by Youssou N'Dour and other Senegalese stars, this region relies on the tama (sometimes known as "talking drum"), an hourglass drum with a wide range of pitch. Traditional ensembles like this use an ensemble of various sized drums to create the melodic language of the music. The drummers actually have a vocabulary of specific meaning that is played out on these drums, and if you listen carefully to the stories on this well recorded and researched album you almost feel like you are beginning to follow the narrative. --Louis Gibson
Customer Reviews
Timbo
This is a very rare kind of project; Given that The Tama, or Talking drum is such a highly specialised instrument, more often played by musicians who don't play any other drums, one would have to travel to Senegal or Gambia to hear it in its purest form.
UNTIL NOW! Having travelled to Dakar in 1995 purely to study the Tama, I can honestly say that this collection of Tama drum music is as superbe as it is authentic in its un-tainted style and roots. I was sceptical that I could be drawn into 'street sabar' from a CD; the hot dry streets of Dakar can only be mitigated by the sounds of powerful Sabar drum ensembles at ceremony...normally completely drowning out the accompanying Tama players. This Cd however is joy in that the arrangements of the rhythms with just one accompanying Sabar bass drum means that all drums can be clearly heard. The various rhythms are drawn from deep in the Wolof tribe's past, and this selection of drums is arguably the oldest of all west Afrcan drums. Listen several times before deciding whether you like this kind of music....not for the faint-hearted....and prepare to have rhythms reverberating in your head and dreams long after the last hearing....
