Africa To Appalachia hits US
Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko’s cross-cultural musical adventure, Africa To Appalachia, will be released in the US next Tuesday (September 9) with a lengthy tour of the states starting on September 15.
Stone, the Canadian banjoist, and Sissoko, a Malian kora player and vocalist, collaborate on the CD in a genre-bending mix of tones and styles. The music is beautiful and transparently recorded and, should be welcome to ears open to new and different sounds.
Audio samples and more details can be found on Jayme’s web site, where you can also find details for the tour stops on this upcoming tour.
Jayme and Mansa will also be performing tonight (9/4) on WNYC’s New Sounds program at 11:00 p.m. (EDT). The show is broadcast at 93.9 FM in New York City and streamed live at www.wnyc.org.
Archives are maintained on the WNYC site where you can listen to the show after the fact if you miss the Thursday night broadcast.
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Audio from a recent performance on Mountain Stage by Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone and Malian kora player Mansa Sissoko, is now available online. They perform music from their recent CD collaboration, Africa To Appalachia.
The kora is an African harp-like instrument thought to be an early precursor...
Following John's recent post concerning the upcoming release of Africa To Appalachia, the Los Angeles Times Music Blog conducted an interview with Jayme Stone recently.
The interview was published last Thursday. The primary focus is an exploration of the connections between American banjo/folk music...
Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone has received a 2009 Juno nomination in the World Music Album of the Year category from the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) for his Africa To Appalachia CD, recorded with African musician Mansa Sissoko.
Stone won a Juno last year for his previous...
We've written several times about Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone and his musical journey of discovery in West Africa. He traveled to Mali in the Spring of 2007 to research the aspects of the banjo's historical roots as they are maintained in the musical culture of today's Africa, and shared his impressions...
Jayme Stone is two-for-two at the Juno Awards, honoring the best of Canadian music each year.
Last night (3/29), he picked up his second award for the Best World Music Album of 2009 for his Africa To Appalachia project with Mansa Sissoko. The CD features Stone on banjo and Sissoko on the kora, a West...
And yet even more great music on the radio today... Tonight (10/26) at 8:00 p.m., Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone will be featured on CBC Radio 2's Canada Live program.
CBC will be broadcasting a pair of concerts featuring Stone's eclectic tastes and inventive banjo style. The first pairs Jayme with...
Audio from the most recent edition of Mountain Stage, featuring music from Jerry Douglas and Jayme Stone can be found at NPR.org.
Douglas performs a set of music from his latest CD, Glide, along with his band: Luke Bulla on fiddle, Todd Parks on bass, Chad Melton on drums, and Guthrie Trapp on guitar.
His...
Del McCoury is scheduled to appear on WNYC's Soundcheck program today (5/24) at 2:00 p.m. (EDT), broadcast from New York City - where Del performs tonight at Carnegie Hall. The show is hosted by John Schaefer, a well-respected figure in the New York music scene.
Del is said to be appearing "later...
Take a look at a piece I wrote after recently seeing a wonderful show by Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko with Grant Gordy and Ricardo Gonzalez at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It's here: www.whatilikeissounds.blogspot.com. Thanks!...
Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone was among the winners in this past weekend's JUNO Awards ceremonies in Calgary. The awards are given by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) each year to Canadian recording artists and professionals for excellence in pop, jazz, classical, rock, country...
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Looks like the album has been on iTunes since July.
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