NOTBONGOS
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Inanna
©2008 NOTBONGOS
Skin and Bone
CD Price $16
CD Price $16
Beyond Tradition
CD Price $16
CD Price $16
Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm, is a percussion and vocal ensemble that explores the heritage and rhythms of West Africa, through original arrangements and compositions invoking ancient traditions of the drum.
We drum as a celebration of being alive, of having sensuous skin over strong bones. As we play on the skin of an animal over the bone of a tree we call forth our essential nature, our divine essence. We seduce ourselves into a state of oneness with the na
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Beyond Tradition is an attempt to honor the drum and its ability to invoke a deep sense of well being, as we surround its grace with other instruments, both old and new, from around the world. In blending musical genres from age-old traditions with more contemporary styles of music, we have created a sound that echoes peace, communication, connection, healing and evolution.
Pulling from deep within our beings and from our unending love and respect for the drum, we offer this interpretation, this contribution to the continuing search for new ways of thinking and moving beyond tradition. As we continue to learn how to live together and develop a sense of oneness, we discover this process leads to a rebirth within and around us. Let us open our hearts to this rebirth; let us accept it as an invitation to bridge our differences and yet embrace them for the very fact that they are there at all.
Pulling from deep within our beings and from our unending love and respect for the drum, we offer this interpretation, this contribution to the continuing search for new ways of thinking and moving beyond tradition. As we continue to learn how to live together and develop a sense of oneness, we discover this process leads to a rebirth within and around us. Let us open our hearts to this rebirth; let us accept it as an invitation to bridge our differences and yet embrace them for the very fact that they are there at all.
1. Diagba 2. Sorsone 3. Rainbow People 4. Iaciao 5. Aye 6. Kadan
7. M’Balax 8. Djabot 9. Rhythmic Migrations 10. Let Go Let Goat
7. M’Balax 8. Djabot 9. Rhythmic Migrations 10. Let Go Let Goat
1. We Are One 2. Soboniko 3. Beyond Tradition 4. Time 5. Yearnin’
6. Believe 7. All Good Things 8. Devotion 9. Evolution 7
6. Believe 7. All Good Things 8. Devotion 9. Evolution 7
