Workshops

Hello there,

Just a quick note to mention that Jali will be rolling out kora workshops in Leeds later on in the summer.  At the moment he is concentrating on private tuition (currently available for £45 per hour) but would like to extend the learning out into groups of like minded individuals.

Workshops are an excellent way to meet people with similar interests and share ideas.  They are also a great way of getting a feel for the music and learning some classic kora melodies.  See site for more information and price details - koraking.com and go to workshops.

As well as kora workshops based in Leeds Jali is also tours UK schools teaching not only West African instruments including Djembe's and kora's but also informing about West African culture.

If you are interested in finding out more then please don't hesitate to get in touch jali@koraking.com.

All the best!

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Jali records first album

Hello all and welcome to Jali Mbye's blog.

A couple of weeks ago Jali recorded his first album and EP at Ghost town recording studio in Leeds.  If you haven't already be sure to check out the website on recordings and you can hear the full work.  What you will find is eight beautiful kora instrumentals on the album and 4 mesmerising vocal performances on the EP.

Ross, the auditory wizard responsible for Ghost Town was blown away when Jali sat down and recorded the first album in one take.  It's understandable that some may consider this highly unusual, improbable even, but maybe not when you consider that Jali comes from a long line of hereditary griots and has made the kora the centre of his life since he started learning the instrument at the age of 7.  Indeed since picking up this instrument Jali's passion and purposeful development of his skills have seen him travel all around the world playing festivals and private bookings.

If you go to koraking.com and look in the galleries you can also see some pictures that I took to document this posthumous moment.

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