Today on PANGEA we gathered our favorite songs featuring the flute and kora! With the flute focus going on during the first hour, we heard a variety of genres and tempos with awesome flute trills and melodies. During the second hour, we focused on one of Bean’s favorite instruments – the kora, which is an AMAZING 21-stringed instrument that originated in modern-day Mali and Senegal.

*in bold are our personal favorites for the set*

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HOUR 1: FLUTE FOCUS 

Elis Regina – Triste

Arawak – Accadde a Harlem

Arthur Verocai

João Gilberto – ‘S Wonderful

Hermeto Pascoal – Vou Esperar

Piero Umilani – Lady Magnolia

I Marc 4 – André

Ernest Ranglin – In the Rain

Ludivine Issambourg – I Had a Dream

Hermeto Pascoal – Forró pela Manhã

Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu 

Akalé Wubé – Ayalqem Tèdèngo

Pierre Cavalli – Tempo In Tempo

Rainer Scheurenbrand – Nana

HOUR 2: KORA FOCUS 

Toumani Diabaté, Ballake Sissoko – Bi Lambam 

Toumani Diabaté, Ballake Sissoko – Kora Bali 

Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté – Gomni 

Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté – Warbé

Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté – Soumbou Ya Ya 

Ravi – Mother Africa 

Ravi – Spirit World

Kaouding Cissoko – Kana Kassi

Seckou Keita – Mikhi Nathan Mu-Toma

Celestine Ukwu & His Philosophers National – Okwukwe Na Nchekwube

xoxo,

                        BEANS

                                  & SILVERSUN