Famoro Dioubate and Raul Rothblatt
Famoro Dioubate (balafon) and Raul Rothblatt (cello,bass) are members of a New York based ensemble called Kakande. The gave an on-air performance at radio station WPKN in Bridgeport CT on April 18, 2005, and later an interview to talk about the balafon and African Xylophone Festival taking place April 29-30, 2005 in New York City. The festival will present two days of workshops and concerts focused on xylophone music from Africa - gyil of Ghana, the balafon of Guinea, to the enormous embaire of Uganda.
More information about the festival and these musicians is available at the Jumbie web site
Raul Rothblatt's CD with his ensemble Dallam-Dougou is available from cdRoots
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