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Balanta Balo: Talking Wood of Casamance
Malang Mane
Balanta Balo: Talking Wood of Casamance
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop
 
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All Artists: Malang Mane
Title: Balanta Balo: Talking Wood of Casamance
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Village Pulse
Original Release Date: 7/16/1996
Re-Release Date: 7/9/1996
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop
Styles: Traditional Folk, Africa
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 723722427923
 

CD Reviews

That's Humorous- But Not Fair!
R. MARK Plummer | From the Former USA | 03/24/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Sorry - YES- I did laugh at the earlier review that identified this CD as "Hawaiian Music" ? But let's be fair... it overlooks the fact that Malang Mané is from Senegal ( that's West Africa...eh?)
and he plays wonderful traditional wooden balafon music in the Balanta stylee.This music is all about interlocking polyryhthms on the Balofon - a wooden xylphone with gourd resonators - struck with mallets that have home-made rubber heads. Soft organic funky polyryhthms. Ya mon! File this CD with your West African collection or with Gamelon music from Bali or Indonesia, or Steve Reich's interlocking drumming circa "Music for 18 Musicians", or next to Evelyn Glennie... Or as Michael Jackson so aptly put it... "Beat IT!""