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West Africa + North Mississippi = World Boogie! |
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| Location: | OXFORD, Mississippi |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 8, 2008 (564 days back) |
About Me |
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| AFRISSIPPI Guelel Kumba comes from the Futa Tooro region of West Africa, and is a member of the FULANI people, nomadic cow people who spent centuries in the North African desert when it was still green before settling on the Atlantic Coast where many were captured by their enemies and sold into slavery. Kumba was born into the West African social caste known as GRIOTS, who pass down a millenniums worth of oral tradition including songs, stories, and lineages. As a youngster Kumba learned the molo, the one string guitar, and at age 8, the six string. When he was 20, he heard John Lee Hooker. "The blues is close to my music. The lyrics are different, but the emotions are the same," he says. "I loved the melodies but I was too young to understand the anguish yet." The nucleus of AFRISSIPPI was born when Eric Deaton, apprentice of the late JUNIOR KIMBROUGH, invited Guelel to explore the hill country sound of North Mississippi. Eric carried Guelel to the home of bluesman R.L. BURNSIDE where they discovered the eerie similarities between some of Guelels Senegalese folk melodies and those of R.L. & JUNIOR, the patriarchs of the hill country boogie and cottonpatch trance blues. With R.L.s blessing, Guelel & Eric recruited his son and grandson, Garry & Cedric Burnside, as rhythm section. When they left to launch Burnside Exploration, Kumba hired Juniors son and drummer, Kinney Kimbrough of Chulahoma and bassist Justin Showah (Jimbo Mathus, Cary Hudson Trio, Taylor Grocery Band) of Oxford, Mississippi.mspmb enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" src="http://lads.myspace.com/slides/slideshow_random.swf?u=6 5053284" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="426" | |
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Music:Member Since: 3/23/2006Band Website: hillcountryrecords.com Band Members: Guelel Kumba . voice and guitar . Eric Deaton . voice and guitar. Kinney Kimbrough . drums Justin Showah - bass Influences: PRE-ORDER AFRISSIPPI "ALLIANCE" APRIL 1-MAY1 FOR SPECIAL PRICE OF $11.99 !BUY AFRISSIPPI FULANI JOURNEY CD NOW Sounds Like: Tinariwen, Ali Farka Toure, Junior Kimbrough ... for booking info contact Justin Showah 662.816.4000 or email: justin@hillcountryrecords.com Record Label: Hill Country Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Afro-beat / Blues / Experimental) |
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New Afrissippi CD "Alliance" Available for Purchase! |
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| Afrissippi's new Cd "Alliance" is now available for the special pre-order price of $11.99 at www.hillcountryrecords.com through the national release date on June 3, 2008. On this CD Afrissippi delves ... Posted by Afrissippi on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:59:00 PST |
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AFRISSIPPI RECORDS NEW CD DUE FOR APRIL '08 RELEASE! |
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| Yall,Afrissippi is extremely excited to let you know that we have just wrapped up our new album, and we are anticipating an April 2008 release on Oxford, Mississippi, label, Hill Country Records. The ... Posted by Afrissippi on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:22:00 PST |
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GUELEL KUMBA RECEIVES GRANT TO MAKE NEW ALBUM |
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| Afrissippi's Guelel Kumba received a grant from the Fund for Folk Culture to continue the musical story he began with the concept album Fulani Journey. Kumba will again collaborate with North Mississ... Posted by Afrissippi on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:04:00 PST |
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AFRISSIPPI'S "Ngol Jimol" FEATURED IN F.ROOTS MAGAZINE |
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| Afrissippi's song "Ngol Jimol" is featured on f.Roots Magazine's annual music sampler alongside such artists as Ali Farka Toure and Babar Luck. f.Roots is the largest world music magazine in the world... Posted by Afrissippi on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:20:00 PST |
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AFRISSIPPI'S "FULANI JOURNEY" AVAILABLE ON ITUNES |
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| Afrissippi's critically acclaimed debut is now available for download through the iTunes music store.www.itunes.com Posted by Afrissippi on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:51:00 PST |
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AFRISSIPPI TO APPEAR ON NPR'S OPEN MIC ! |
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| The song "Ngol Jimol" from Afrissippi's critically acclaimed debut, "Fulani Journey", is featured song on National Public Radio's segment entitled "Open Mic." You can check it out online beginning to... Posted by Afrissippi on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:17:00 PST |
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Eric Deaton, L.C. Ulmer, Two Stick Sushi Bar, Taylor Grocery Band, Burnside Exploration, Markus James, Catfish Booking, Festival International de Louisiane FAN, Hill Country Records, fRoots, Jimbo Mathus, John Sinclair, David Kimbrough Jr., Shannon Mcnally, Crawdad Hole Music Festival, Tony Tru, DIRTYDEEDS, corey harris, Cary Hudson, Alisa Kuumba & David 2003-2006, Baaba Maal, CalabashMusic, candise, The Wooten Brothers & Friends, the Fool Saints, MusicDish, AIN'T GOT NAN!!!!!, FITZGERALD, Matthew, Kendra, Valei, AroundOtown:where REGGAE LIVES., WADA MAMBO, Sista Cassie, ELIPS, Eden Roots Liberation, yannsolo, P. VAN SANT, Jamie Nattier, BASS CULTURE, MARCOS, The Medicine Show, Jacob Green, Larry (the official page), Cross Timbers, AnKaTaa, THE EVERLIVING SOUL OF THE WARRIOR., Blue, Patrick Mura, nani, Sons of Roche, THE PEACE & JUSTICE RADIO NETWORK, uMana, snow-heel slim and the boogie infection, jump&jawah, Siphne Aaye, RONAN nouveaux morceaux, Cat, Mali Blues, AFRICA OYÉ 2008, Folkhemsorkestern, Taylor, dv$t1n, Encantadora, Howlin' Magic, THE KEJI ALBUM IS NOW OUT!, Chad Nordhoff, ITAL6TA, Hairy Philosopher, Ilhame, Nuestro Tambó, ILLINOIS JOHN FEVER
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