Related Youtube Links for Djembe
This page contains a collection of useful youtube videos that are either featured in the drumming lessons or are related to them. The videos have been grouped into related groups with headings below.
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Djembe and Dance
Tanante perform with lead djembe from Iya Sako, all of whom live in and around Manchester, England. Notice how everyone is welcome to do a solo dance, including children!
Harouna Dembele plays lead djembe for the rhythm and dance "Kawa". Notice how the djembe has to mark the steps of the dancers who perform improvised dance solos.
Barbara Bangoura
Djembe in Modern Culture
Tinariwen - Tenere Taqqal
Tinariwen are a popular band from the Sahara Desert in Northern Mali who use Djembe and Calabash along with western instruments such as electric guitar and bass.
Oumou Sangare - Seya
Oumou Sangaré is a prominent, outspoken artist and from Mali who makes fusion music of traditional and contemporary (new) instruments and styles. She is also popular for her fight for women's rights in Africa.
Djembe Kan – solo djembe
Petit Adama
Babara Bangoura
Fode Bangoura
Boka Camara
Bolokada Conde
Harouna Dembele
Thomas Guei
Melissa Hie
Seckou Keita
Famadou Konaté
Mamadi Kondé
Bassidi Kone
General Music Videos
Foli - (there is no movement without rhythm)
Playing a straw like a Double Reed Instrument
How to read Music (Western Notation)
How playing an instrument benefits your brain
Great car commercial - Honda
Vienna's Vegetable Orchestra
Baikal Ice - Live Sound
The Magic of Making Sound
Great Performances from Master Drummers
Here are three Guinean masters: Mamady Keita, Famadou Konate and Fadouba Oulare who are revered and greatly respected. They were pioneers who first made djembe popular over the rest of the world, especially Mamady Keita in that respect.
Young generation of masters: Babara Bangoura, Harouna Dembele, Adama "Bilarou" Dembele, Adama ' Petit' Diarra & Thomas Guei.
Born in Ivory Coast, Sidiki Dembelé is a young rising star who has lived in Manchester, England for some time now.
Fode Seydou Bangoura is another young generation master djembe player from Guinea who is popular amongst djembe players.
Bolokada Conde is a well respected djembe player of the older generation from Guinea.
Boka Camara performs with his group in 2003 before he passed away in 2009
Mamadi Condé and his group Percussions Kouroussa vocalising and play Kassa
Irregular Time Signatures
Five
https://youtu.be/KXVtpOHQqvY - The Lord of the Rings - Isengard Theme
https://youtu.be/vmDDOFXSgAs - Dave Brubeck - Take Five
https://youtu.be/pG7_gceIFL4 - Sting - Seven Days (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/HQ9JBwuO128 - Nick Drake - River Man
Seven
https://youtu.be/tke7FkrFYEY - Pink Floyd - Money (Extended Clean Version)
https://youtu.be/_OO2PuGz-H8 - Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
https://youtu.be/lbdEzRfbeH4 - Unsquare Dance
https://youtu.be/RfmE73FCOFg - Desert Island Disk
Nine
https://youtu.be/vKNZqM0d-xo - The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo à la Turk
Reggae
https://youtu.be/hzqFmXZ8tOE - Protoje - Who Knows ft. Chronixx (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/0mNPKNAQl4c - Dawn Penn No, No No (GREAT QUALITY)
Some of the many West African instruments
Famoro Dioubate plays Balafon and sings. Balafon is a popular instrument in West Africa especially in Mali, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Balafons come in different sizes, styles and tunings. You will often find balafon being played along with djembe, dunduns, calabash and kora.
Bassidi and Khalifa Kone play a balafon duet.
Afro Faso Jeunesse play Balafon, Bara drums, djembe and duns.
Zoumana Dembelé leads his group that includes Fula flute at the start of the clip along with Balafon, djembe, dunduns and Tama drum (sometimes called "talking drum" in the west).
Bassirou Sanou plays the Mandingue flute
A helpful overview of the Krin.
Shekere shaker.
Seckou Keita plays the Kora (West African Harp). This is an original piece called "The Invisible Man" from his album "22 Strings".
Youssou Diatta plays Sabar drumming for the naming ceremony of his niece. Sabar drums originated from the Serer people of Senegal, and is also very popular in Gambia.
Women in Djembe
Melissa Hie
Salimata Diabate
Monette Marino