Article: Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara: Soul Science.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)

JUSTIN ADAMS AND JULDEH CAMARA

Soul Science

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Just moments alter the opening rhythm--a muddy, hard beat molded by hands on skin--a high-pitched wail takes flight in every direction imaginable. It sounds as if played by a violin of many arms and shades; it turns out to be a one-stringed fiddle indigenous to West Africa, the ritti. The man setting fire to it begins to sing a song of warrior ancestry; the other man, pounding the drum, accompanies with an occasional guitar riff. This is not the meeting of worlds; it is an explosion of sound, an exploration of possibility. Both Gambian native ...

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