Name: Kera Kera
Duration: P00H04M11S
Description: Dance music is common to all cultures yet rarely leads to fusion. Here, the tradition of the Mandinka sumu ritual pairs up with celebratory dance from Anatolia. Mamani’s explosive vocals respond to the transcendent singing of Aïda and Ruşan in a Kurdish dialect known as Sorani, with the whole ending up as ecumenical rejoicing.

Kera Kera

from Sowal Diabi by De Kaboul A Bamako

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Dance music is common to all cultures yet rarely leads to fusion. Here, the tradition of the Mandinka sumu ritual pairs up with celebratory dance from Anatolia. Mamani’s explosive vocals respond to the transcendent singing of Aïda and Ruşan in a Kurdish dialect known as Sorani, with the whole ending up as ecumenical rejoicing.

lyrics

Mamani Keïta :
We feel so good here, we feel so good, I’m staying right here
We feel so good here, we feel so good, I’m staying right here
We feel so good, Mum has arrived
We feel so good, Aida has arrived
We feel so good, Sogol has arrived, I’m staying right here
It’s happened, it’s happened, so good
It’s happened, it’s happened, so good
The harmony is good, the atmosphere is good, let’s get on together and stay together

Aïda Nosrat :
Bring a bag, bring a stretcher
Don’t break this child’s heart
...
Zerya has no strength left
For whoever could mourn my heart
Who shall be mine

credits

from Sowal Diabi, released February 4, 2022
Mamani Keïta : Vocals
Aïda Nosrat : Vocals, Violin
Sogol Mirzaei : Tar, Background Vocals
Ruşan Filiztek : Saz, Daf, Vocals
Siar Hashimi : Tablas, Daf, Background Vocals
Florent Berteau : Drums, Background Vocals
Gérald Bonnegrace : Percussions, Background Vocals
Fabien Girard : Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Aristide Gonçalves : Trumpet, Keyboard, Background Vocals
Michael Havard : Saxophone, Background Vocals
Samuel Hirsch : Electric Bass Guitar, Background Vocals

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De Kaboul A Bamako Paris, France

“Sowal” means “question” in Persian, “diabi” means “answer” in Bambara. Sowal Diabi brings together artists that have all experienced exile, physical or cultural: Malian singer Mamani Keita, Iranian singer Aïda Nosrat, her compatriot Sogol Mirzaei playing the târ (lute), Afghan tabla-player Siar Hashimi, Kurdish stranbej (virtuoso singer) Ruşan Filiztek and French Ethio-jazz group Arat Kilo ... more

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