Devotional Sufi West African Kora/Harp music. The angelic sounds of Youssoupha Sidibe offer ancient healing vibrations for meditation, relaxation and healing.

12 MP3 Songs
NEW AGE: Healing, WORLD: African- West



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The music of Youssoupha Sidibe is deeply infused with a longing for the full realization of divine love in this world. Youssouphaâs musical career began over twenty years ago in his home of Senegal, West Africa, where he was trained as a Kora player at the National Music Conservatory of Senegal. His music fuses traditional West African sounds on the Kora, with the Sufi devotional chanting of the Senegalese Baay Faal community. The angelic sounds of the Kora, an indigenous harp, soulfully carry Youssouphaâs devotional lyrics sung in Wolof, Arabic, French and English.
Since his arrival on the international music circuit, Youssoupha has recorded, performed, and/or collaborated with artists such as India Arie, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Charles Neville, Future Man, Michael Franti and Spearhead, and Matisyahu. His latest collaboration, âShalom/Salaamâ, was with artist Matisyahu, on the album entitled âYouthâ. âYouthâ also contains an additional track, âAncient Lullabyâ, which features Youssoupha on Kora. Rolling Stone Magazine picked âShalom/Salaamâ as one of the two âkey tracksâ on the album. Since itâs release, âYouthâ has gone Gold, and in January 2007, the album was nominated for a Grammy award for best reggae album of the year.
Youssouphaâs music has served to invoke the divine through Sufi sound in the presence of many large and diverse groups of people. Youssoupha has performed, recorded, and led healing music workshops throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa. He has graced the stages of many notable venues such as Reggae on the River, Manhattan Center, Earthdance World Peace Festival, The Warfield Theatre, and many more. His music is inspiring and empowering for people of all ages. The sound of the Kora beautifully blends with the powerful human emotion and faith that Youssoupha embodies. Sacred Sound brings a new dimension to the celebration of the human experience.