Sona Jobarteh & Band - Bannaya

Sona Jobarteh performed in Weimar on invitation of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar and its UNESCO Chair of Transcultural Music Studies (TMS). The TMS Chair regularly invites artists to bring the musicology students into contact with various musical cultures for inspiration and exchange.
Sona Jobarteh is the first female Kora virtuoso to come from a west African Griot family. The Kora is one of the most important instruments belonging to the Manding peoples of West Africa (Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau). It belongs exclusively to griot families, and usually only men who are born into these families have the right to take up the instrument professionally. Sona Jobarteh combines various genres of African Music and western musical elements.
Sonah Jobarteh - Acoustic Guitar/ Kora/ Vocals
Maurice Brown - Acoustic Guitar
Andi McLean - Electric Bass/ BVs
Mouhamadou Sarr - Djembe/ Congas/ Calabash/ BVs
Recorded on 1 July 2015 at the "mon ami", Weimar.
For further information visit www.hfm-weimar.de/tms

[@drewp1591]

I just saw her on 60 minutes. I was intrigued. I like the kora’s sound. I LOVE this! I used to play congas and djembe.

[@pennylocario7487]

I just saw her too on 60 minutes. I am now a fan!🇬🇲❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@erassyya-hosea4014]

What an extremely talented beautiful African woman, thanx sista Sonna for being one of the most dedicated Afrio folk music internatiinal artists...I lived in the Gambia in the 80S and yiur music always takes me right back to the Gambia and beautiful Senegal, thanks.

[@kanoutesiriman3256]

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[@sergiojeque4824]

Boa música excelente qualidade

[@user-hc7xd2kf9x]

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[@carolesmall-diop2333]

Jarajëf de Dakar !

[@KR-yi7tj]

And what a cool bass sound! Everything and everyone in the band is so excellent! Thank you so much!

[@Asmrani1974]

This lady is so elegant and her Music is so classy

[@robertabeloto5123]

Ja!!

[@Yared702]

በጣም ቆንጆ ልጅ ነሽ ፤ ሙዚቃሽም ጣእም አለው። I wrote it in Ethiopian (African) language. " You are a very beautiful young lady. Your music has special flavor"

[@biruklema543]

Bexam tichilalech

[@oneshotfly]

12 JUN 2021 Dear Listener, "SONY MUSIC-ONLY SONY" please comment in English .. only English ...

[@badnauheim9472]

We look forward to Sona Jobarteh on August 25th, 2022 in Bad Nauheim! Wir freuen uns auf Sona Jobarteh am 25. August 2022 in Bad Nauheim!

[@33JAYMON]

Totally awesome music love the African culture vibes I'm from ocho Rios Jamaica and we come from these ancestral vibes it's our heart beat thru out the Caribbean! One love to the world

[@pmcfarlane7660]

I remember visiting Ocho Rios in the 90s. I love Jamaican music. 🇯🇲

[@thedentonfamily]

Beautiful melody, I feel this music in my bones.

[@birbluv9595]

Sona and her band will be at Music Haven in Schenectady, NY at 7 pm on July 23, 2023. It just kills me that I will be visiting from Virginia but cannot attend because I already have an opera ticket for that afternoon in a town 90 minutes away, and will be taking with me two people I’ll have to drop off before I could hope to get there. Maybe I’ll get lucky! The kora is a magical instrument.

[@ericgendell8874]

Love Sona, Love the band, Love the music breathing beauty, breath of life.

[@apurbamajee4016]

Love you from India. Thank you and your team. Soooo lovely.........

[@GetRhythm2011]

Likewise from rural Western Colorado USA! :)

[@zakaria1514z]

My daughter (three years old) awakened me this morning singing the burden in her early moroccan languge " banaya mamayana" and i think she succeeded as she made me dance. Sona Jobarteh can involve anyone to the music and gather a melting pot of listeners dancers from around the world.

[@colinafobe2152]

love from Serbia to Morocco, the Gambia, the world

[@nadezdamihajlovic7186]

@@colinafobe2152 👋☺🎵

[@colinafobe2152]

@@nadezdamihajlovic7186 Neverovatan sklad

[@nadezdamihajlovic7186]

@@colinafobe2152ta diiivna Afrika opustajuci ritam gipkost pokreta POZDRAV

[@colinafobe2152]

@@nadezdamihajlovic7186 pozdrav iz ns

[@m.yorkas.africa7318]

Then am home.👏👏👏👍, Afriicaaa.

[@naturelover6026]

Amazing band and music, Big up da African Calabash Drum..heartbeat

[@Roky59]

Ovo je muzika druge galaksije !!! Jednostavno fascinantno !!!

[@owhow6025]

Greetings from Russia! Huge respect to Africa. I'm in love with your music guys 🔥🙏🏼

[@owhow6025]

@D T ❤️😊

[@firozmulla8131]

India has followed west a lot now she must pay

[@JayZRY]

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[@sabahschmit2384]

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[@yankubabarrow905]

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[@danielmoraes4251]

Gracias internet por dejarme descubrir estos artistas tan talentosos. 💚 desde Uruguay

[@3ok403]

BELLISSIMI!!!!!!! thank you from italy!!! best vibes

[@rionaerasmus8811]

Healing my soul...thank you beautiful music hello from Australia

[@jeanpierrewidlocher1521]

Quelle Merveilleuse Musique. Quelle trés belle Personne vous faites, + encore avec Ceux qui vous accompagnent. Vous faites bien le lien entre la Terre et le Ciel.! Merci 🌴🐒

[@soniatesch5972]

What an amazing combination of musical genres! Sona, Maurice, Andi and Mouhamadou demonstrate the "teamwork" of a great musical ensemble in this performance. Such beauty!

[@hannahickey5741]

0ne of the best West African Musicians with a buttery voice, pure delight.

[@kontomylitis]

Don't know how a buttery voice sounds like. Thanks for the music lesson 😀

[@josefstaehlin5729]

She is just great She was in Basel such a nature groove thank you black man i got the blues from you

[@maissandiaye8917]

Làaaaaaààààààààààààààà

[@sambaby896]

Très bonne artiste de la caste bof 1 ère femme machallah et artiste Gambienne vive le métissage

[@patriciafrazier3085]

Sona I love this song Gambia I dedicate this song to a love one in Banjul

[@omarabeid106]

Sona...your music is composed with a fine touch and a hand of great expertise. Very soothing to listen to. Comforting and relaxing as well. It's ideally 'therapeutic '. Lots of Love and admiration from your brothers and sisters in Uganda. Viva Sona!

[@maramawitmifta7708]

My Africa your beautiful everything you have my motherland

[@mariaperme155]

Wow!! Phenomenal. Gifted. Each of these musicians are INCREDIBLY talented and gifted. Sona, Queen! Your inner beauty comes through your music. Grateful for your music and gifts! Keep shining! God bless! #africa #gambia #motherland

[@paulamckenna7758]

Sona & Band are on God's playlist...

[@erelove1284]

How very true, nice girl. Nice girls like you her are pure and positive. Gods gift to humanity.

[@cathylopez1345]

And God is sharing it with to help us cope...Peace from NY.

[@alican_baba]

SONA is so sweet....HI from TURKEY(TOKAT/TURHAL)........

[@ucontroller0017]

Love and peace from morocco 🇲🇦

[@ahnedelkass]

im not gambian, but im angolan. it means im african. thats wy am really really proud of this musicion.

[@mohammedsadereddine4598]

ع و َخجََج٠جم٨ن

[@jeanmarcschweitzer3810]

Je suis français et j'adore, mais ma vie m'a guidés vers la Gambie, très bon spot

[@c.a.t.732]

I was born in Mozambique and feel the same way.

[@mamboyeye999]

A blessing to be able to listen to this in the early mornings

[@tarijackson4422]

You All Make Me Feel Like I'm Sittin Stage Side,Thankyou Jesus BLESSED 🌹🌹🌹

[@strummergr]

Sona and her band (maybe not exactly this one) performed on Sunday June 30 at David Lam Park for the last day of the 2019 Vancouver International Jazz Festival. I was mesmerized! I had never seen or even heard of this instrument. the Kora, before seeing her perform. I heard that her stock of CDs totally sold out at the performance, and I fully understand why! She's a delight to listen to, even for an old jazz-rock aficionado like me. If you ever get an opportunity to hear her live, go! It will be time well spent!

[@blackpanther4825]

She is really the finest.

[@fleo5]

When you understand that traditionaly... this instrument was for men only in the african villages ... like a legacy from father To son. And then Sona arrives and decides to break the rules being one of the first woman able to play Kora! You just get on your knees and say "wow ... goddess!"

[@marmar777ful]

I encountered this beautiful music looking for meditation vibes . I felt such a spiritual connection that I know the universe was speaking to my spirit..

[@hexar2]

I cried when I read this in the combination with listening to this fantastic music. Love to you all from my deepest core

[@marionclur7988]

Its exactly that

[@PirHana]

I was meditating and then decided to follow my meditation in movement!

[@mugya226]

Very skillful she is. Brilliant, committed and offering leadership to the team. I'm totally moved by the way she is mastering the instruments and her natural voice.

[@marrylee6746]

This is the best music form soul of Africa. Keep up the great work. You have a lot of people supporting your here. Africa is beautiful place beautiful culture beautiful people beautiful song. Just need peace. God bless Africa.

[@gabriellavalle9849]

bell

[@zakiyemane7509]

Zaki i love Gambi. Love from Eritrea.

[@cheryllewis9755]

Thanks for that "Shout out" to the elders! Much appreciated.❤ Love your music!

[@JelyFishTN]

Such a joy on their faces

[@md.tb1]

i didnt expect to see you here

[@geraldinecartannaz3204]

Magnifique ! Le son est puissant, il vous emmène loin. Dans une forme de transe ou de méditation voir les deux. J'adore ! Merci pour ces beaux moments !

[@ilk2102]

A toi mon frère.. Pour toi. Hubert Félix thiphaine.. Les dingues et les paumes

[@Guiem-qm2xd]

Music from the soul, music from earth, for the heart and universe.

[@tesfaldetghebremichael4769]

Great Job Sona,Gambia Exporting New Sound To The World.

[@abdoulayeconde3407]

je suis guinéen je ne comprends pas les paroles de tes chansons mais tu as conquis mon cœur, ta voix est si puissante et pure, la mélodie est majestueuse purement authentique de nos terroirs, le batteur haa phénoménal

[@muhammeddondada683]

She's singing in Mandinka or mandingo language

[@cheikhomarmboge453]

Sona you are the future of Gambia music go for it sister

[@l17021969]

Magnifique tout simplement 😮

[@venkatacharytamilchannel942]

Sooooooo sweeeeeet voice & fantastic I don't know your language but listening very very beautiful God bless you all

[@clarahonorine2553]

Belle musique le son des tambours m'emmène très loin❤🙏j'écoute régulièrement à cette belle voix 🙏

[@l17021969]

Idem pour moi 😮

[@patriciayugueros2916]

I LOVE Sona and the band! Beautiful music make me feel in peace. All of us are África!

[@jaguarangelo]

Nice song, its so amazing, i love it, i am from Mozambique,

[@chukkaraju1711]

Veri butiful sog

[@oliverwabwire2836]

Such gifted artist....absolutely captivated by her authenticity!

[@iffarnezan4393]

Magnifique j'adore merci à vous 🥳🏇💫 azul de la kabylie

[@damiaomichael7944]

Aqui e sal de pertonina penbunaco valeu galera fica com Deus do mundo todo todo

[@lionelfully]

Joli prénom, Azul :)

[@DoctorSatch]

Magic musicians and magic sounding Sona :D Greetings from northern, snowy city of Nizhnevartovsk ^^

[@diamsfof]

Im in Guinéa 🇬🇳i love sona all my heart 💝

[@salimbelkaied6212]

Peace from Hammamet Tunisia

[@oneshotfly]

Welcome to INDIA ... and to witness you perform live at the NCPA Auditorium in MUMBAI .. Marhaba !!!

[@maurizioverdinelli9400]

Bannayana !

[@cristianadistefano6136]

grandissima musica, straordinaria band, magnifica voce percussioni chitarra....tutto!!!!

[@oneshotfly]

12 JUN 2021 Dear Listener, "SONY MUSIC-ONLY SONY" please comment in English .. only English ...

[@luisfilipe316]

From Portugal 🇵🇹🙏👍👍

[@mariorestreporestrepo]

Sonah, eres bella, cantas divino y eres super artista con tu instrumento. te amo, desde venezuela sur america

[@oneshotfly]

12 JUN 2021 Dear Listener, "SONY MUSIC-ONLY SONY" please comment in English .. only English ...

[@repliqueauxcons9925]

Une artiste grondiose, hors des sentiers battus.j'adore

[@user-gy5wd4gt6z]

ОГРОМНОЕ СПАСИБО!!! Что вы оказывается ЕСТЬ,. С удовольствием вас слушаю😊 Спасибо, с любовью💕💕💕💕

[@sergiovieira1977]

i live in Brazil i love Sona Jobarteh

[@Esillah_traveller]

I'm pround of u Sona u ar so specially and rare in our humble mama land Gambia keep it up and keep the mometum shinning much love

[@muninta5493]

Nice sound! Kora sounds like the western harp, such a delight vibe Wish you all hearts of peaceful listeners

[@Theo_Panka]

This music is talking to my soul and I just fell in love with the artist. It's so so relaxing ❤️

[@mangobongo8980]

Not agree. Its not relaxing it makes me wanna dance all night long 🤪 Amazing song ! 😁

[@virginiefaure3932]

TOUS… MERCI de Paris pour ce moment de MUSIQUE VRAIE!

[@teresaribeiro4043]

I am getting to know this artist now, and I really enjoy listening to her. Super!

[@belhaouarikader5514]

0p0

[@hudsonacacio2825]

Música linda, sacode lá dentro para o bem,que energia sua voz.obg

[@ASMO2100]

Tellement de joie. Communicatif et puissant.

[@alitaiaa6432]

Voila..

[@patricioriffo3000]

Que grandes músicos,rítmicos,y transporta la música que hacen , sin duda la música es universal...

[@eivistube]

Saludos desde Ibiza, voy a sembrar calabazas de enghoni o kamalenguani de semilla Africana :)

[@ygr4943]

Morocco loves you Gambia ❤❤❤

[@gosopor0611]

Aquí está la razón de nuestra bella música y sus originales raíces, por nuestras venas corre la melodia y el sabor de los ritmos q dieron origen a nuestro folclore y nuestros genes ! Que bella sonoridad ! La percusión es sensacional!

[@moustaphagaye4040]

Gracias hermano desde África salioron todo la humanidad de este planeta con sus diversidad civilización viva mamá África con sus hijos y hijas de este planeta tierra gracias gracias

[@emenleonard135]

Love from Flores island-Indonesia❤❤

[@marialessiad634]

Yesss Mr Andy McLean on bass!! Had the pleasure of playing with him for a bit, such a brilliant musician and beautiful soul x

[@petrapilger2936]

Wonderfull World your in! 💞 Thanx to you and Fela 💗, my dear. 😇💞 Music is the Spirit and keeps every-Thing together. 💞 Love Petra 😊😘

[@wolfganggraf105]

kann diese Musik Herzen öffnen? ja kann dieses Feuerwerk verbinden? ja mehr Gefühl geht nicht !

[@cezarlacrone]

i am hungarian,my friend gambian. best band the Sona Jobarteh & Band

[@francesccarolgarriga7858]

I would like all these show people to help families without enough resources in Gàmbia so that they could eat, go to school and always live with a roof over their heads, hopefully my words will reach the ears of all the people of Gàmbia and can give something in the name of God to all families without resources, cordial greetings Francesc Carol from San Sebastián Donostia Gipuzkoa país Vasco Euskalerria . MAY GOD WANT SOMEONE TO ANSWER ME, MAY GOD ANSWER WITH THE HEART AND MAY GOD GIVE LONG LIFE TO ONE WHO CAN HELP HIS NEIGHBOR IN GÀMBIA, GOD IS GREAT

[@71sephiroth]

youtube recommended is getting better at matching my musical taste this is wonderful!

[@pakochagasrocha4811]

Gambia

[@carmenalcazar9387]

Hermosa ella, su música y su banda, su lengua y sus ropas... Como siempre... HERMOSA❤

[@joebuleuru7069]

Like this music..Am a big fan of it..Watching here in Vanuatu ( South Pacific) September 15 2019

[@annabellademus9719]

BROTHER PLAYING CONGOS AND LOOKS LIKE A BIG NUT IS DIVINE WHOLE GROUP IS MAGICAL AND HEALING. YES YES MOTHERLAND.

[@sowamadou6859]

Beautiful thanks you

[@HamzaBaqoushi]

West Africa hosted by Franz Liszt! Liszt Ferenc would love it! Greetings and thanks from Morocco.

[@carbonturk7200]

Foreign language...PURE HUMAN...!

[@marcelopowerfirefire2]

10Mil 👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤👍👍👍👍

[@icaromacedomacedo1657]

Tem uma voz suave Boa de se ouvir

[@markojovanovic2181]

all love from serbia

[@princesoori7394]

Sona,u r so great soul'of Africa

[@moinamkaya8300]

What good music, comes to us even to the Comoros Islands. 🇰🇲 🇰🇲 🇰🇲 🇰🇲 🇰🇲 🇰🇲

[@homerobaroni1655]

Mouhamadou Sarr very impressive

[@user-yb5gm9ou3u]

I don't know this language. But I like this song and her voice.

[@papama1975]

Sona you are the best stay blessed sweet lady you so brilliant 🎖✨✨✨ super star ✨ we love you 🦁❤️👈🤜🤛😎🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@omarguerrah588]

Magnifique! I'm dreaming...Long life mama Africa.

[@monty_sultana]

Im dancing down the street to this

[@DulichThugian]

âm nhạc quá tuyệt vời , cám ơn

[@sl5154]

This music fills my soul. 💜🎶

[@tracybradley6303]

Her music always lift my spirit.