Kumbengo Koras

Links

Kora Players:

www.toumani-diabate.com, Toumani Diabate, Griot - Maître de Kora - Bamako - Mali

www.morykante.com, Mory Kante, a legendary master of the Kora

www.fmsuso.com, Foday Musa Suso, World famous Griot from the Gambia

www.princediabate.com, Prince Diabate, Master Kora player and vocalist from Guinea

www.dunyakan.com, N'Faly Kouyaté, Jeli from Guinea, played w. Afro Celt Sound System, etc..

www.mamadoukora.com, Mamadou Diabate, Kora master and Jeli from Mali

www.myspace.com/boubacardiebate, Boubacar Diebate, gifted Kora player, Jeli from Konde, Senegal

http://www.myspace.com/youssouphasidibe, Youssoupha Sidibe, Kora with Sufi devotional chanting of the Senegalese Baay Faal community

www.tentotwelveproductions.com, Peter Joseph Burtt, building bridges between the western and the African cultures

www.jacquesburtin.com, Jaques Burtin, great site with good info and nice Kora music

www.babathestoryteller.com, Baba, Kora musician and master teller of tales

Kora, Africa, etc...

www.kora-music.com, pretty much the top kora site, lots of info, notation, forum etc..

www.coraconnection.com, great site about koras and West African music

echarry.web.wesleyan.edu, the authority on Mande Music, in fact wrote the book about it

www.abbaye-keur-moussa.org, Keur Moussa Monastery near Dakar, Senegal. In french

www.africanmusic.org, to hear about what's happening in African music around the world

Other Instruments:

www.rbidrums.com, fine hand-crafted Djembes, Ashikos and more. "Because Sometimes You Need A Really Good Drum!"

www.sacredhollow.com, hand crafters of fine eucalyptus didjeridus, bamboo didjeridus, music CDs, didjeridu care supplies and more.

www.harpsoflorien.com,  Raphael Weismans fine handcrafted Harps

www.kiernanmusic.com, Brian Kiernan, builds fine Archtop Guitars on the Big Island of Hawaii

www.tribesdrums.com, Tribes Drums, fine custom drum sets from Boulder, CO _________Feel The Love!

www.fancypanssteeldrums.com,  The highest quality, affordability and durability in steel drums, period!

Miscellaneous:

www.agalu.com, Akeem Ayaniyis group Agalu, a Yoruba cultural troupe, an ensemble of dancers and drummers from Oshogbo, Nigeria.

www.soundtracks-mysteria-music.com,  Dana Hardens Musica Mysteria, classical soundtrack composing

www.riocostillastudiotour.org,  a thriving group of thirty-five plus artists and craftspeople living in the watershed of the Rio Costilla

www.batikartbybeth.com, fine art batik by Beth McCoy Evans

www.jonathanevans-batikart.com,  Jonathan Evans,"Confessions of an Itinerant Batik Artist; Art and Adventures on the Batik Trail"