Author: Tom Devriendt
Date of publication: March 8, 2013
Title : Weedie Braimah and Amadou Kouyate’s Blends
Abstract:
" “I grew up in an African house, true enough,” Weedie says. “But at the same time when I walked out of my door, I had a whole different world. I grew up in the Hip-Hop age.” That’s a paradox they’ve been living with all their lives.
But it’s one to which these uniquely placed artists have reconciled themselves. Masters of their craft — and just as comfortable on snare and guitar as on calabash and kora — they’re one more example of artists experimenting with a fusion of African and American musical influences. Inheritors of those two traditions, they move between them like there were no boundaries at all."
But it’s one to which these uniquely placed artists have reconciled themselves. Masters of their craft — and just as comfortable on snare and guitar as on calabash and kora — they’re one more example of artists experimenting with a fusion of African and American musical influences. Inheritors of those two traditions, they move between them like there were no boundaries at all."
Index Terms : Hip-Hop ; African Art ; Weedie Braimah ; Amadou Kouyate’s Blends ; Africa-US music
Found with: Courrier International
Web site: Africasacountry.com
URL: http://africasacountry.com/2013/03/08/weedie-braimah-and-amadou-kouyates-blends/
By S.C
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