KORA MUSIC FROM WEST AFRICA

SONA JOBARTEH & BAND

SONGWRITER:

COUNTRY: GAMBIA

INSTRUMENTS: KORA; VOICE; GUITAR & CELLO

ALBUM: FASIYA

LABEL: AFRICAN GUILD RECORDS

GENRE: ACOUSTIC WEST AFRICAN/MANDING

YEAR: 2011

Sona Jobarteh is the first female Kora virtuoso to come from a West African griot family. Breaking away from tradition, she is a pioneer in an ancient male-dominated hereditary tradition that has been exclusively handed down from father to son for the past seven centuries.

Reputed for her skill as an instrumentalist, distinctive voice, infectious melodies and her grace onstage, Sona has rapidly risen to international success following the release of her widely-acclaimed album "Fasiya" (Heritage) in 2011.

Born in London, Sona Jobarteh is a member of one of the five principal Kora-playing (Griot) families from West Africa, and the first female member of such a family to rise to prominence on this instrument. Before her, the playing of this 21-stringed harp-like instrument was exclusively passed down from father to son. The instrument is an important element of the Mandingo peoples in West Africa and their playing is reserved only to certain families called Griot. She is the granddaughter of the Master Griot of his generation, Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, who migrated from Mali to the Gambia. Her cousin is the well-known, celebrated Kora player Toumani Diabate. She has studied the Kora since the age of three, at first taught by her brother Tunde Jegede, and then by her father, Sanjally Jobarteh. She gave her first performance at London’s Jazz Café when she was four years old.

SORRY, WE DON’T HAVE THE LYRICS FOR THIS MUSIC,

RIGHT TO BE WRONG

JOSS STONE

SONGWRITER: JOSS STONE; D.CHILD & BETTE WRIGHT

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: MIND BODY AND SOUL

LABEL: RELENTLESS RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 2004

  Mind Body & Soul é o segundo álbum de estúdio da cantora inglesa Joss Stone, lançado em 2004.

    Foi o álbum de maior sucesso da artista no Reino Unido, alcançando o primeiro lugar na parada de álbuns britânica na semana de 9 de Outubro de 2004.

       Em setembro de 2005 o álbum levou o certificado de disco de platina triplo. Também foi indicado ao Grammy Award concorrendo como "Melhor Álbum Pop Vocal".

I've got a right to be wrong

My mistakes will make me strong

I'm stepping out into the great unknown

I'm feeling wings though I've never flown

I've got a mind of my own

I'm flesh and blood to the bone

I'm not made of stone

Got a right to be wrong

So just leave me alone

I've got a right to be wrong

I've been held down too long

I've got to break free

So I can finally breathe

I've got a right to be wrong

Got to sing my own song

I might be singing out of key

But it sure feels good to me

Got a right to be wrong

So just leave me alone

You're entitled to your opinion

But it's really my decision

I can't turn back I'm on a mission

If you care don't you dare blur my vision

Let me be all that I can be

Don't smother me with negativity

Whatever's out there waiting for me

I'm going to faced it willingly

I've got a right to be wrong

My mistakes will make me strong

I'm stepping out into the great unknown

I'm feeling wings though I've never flown

I've got a mind of my own

Flesh and blood to the bone

See, I'm not made of stone

I've got a right to be wrong

So just leave me alone

I've got a right to be wrong

I've been held down to long

I've got to break free

So I can finally breathe

I've got a right to be wrong

Got to sing my own song

I might be singing out of key

But it sure feels good to me

I've got a right to be wrong

So just leave me alone

DO YOU REMEMBER

PHIL COLLINS

SONGWRITER: PHIL COLLINS

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: BUT SERIOUSLY

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1989

...But Seriously é o quarto álbum de estúdio do cantor Phil Collins, lançado em 1989. Em 1990, a canção "Another Day in Paradise" ganhou o Grammy na categoria Gravação do Ano.

Philip David Charles Collins, LVO (Londres, 30 de janeiro de 1951), mais conhecido como Phil Collins, é um músico britânico. Foi baterista e vocalista da banda Genesis, mas também atingiu êxito na carreira solo. Também atuou em alguns filmes e programas de televisão.

Phil Collins já colaborou com vários artistas conhecidos, como Bone Thugs'N'Harmony, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Roland Orzabal, Roger Taylor, Robert Plant, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Elton John, Mike Oldfield, Sting, Anni-Frid Lyngstad do ABBA, Mark Knopfler, Laura Pausini, Peter Gabriel, e Bee Gees. Fez uma participação especial em Woman in Chains, do Tears for Fears, também participou do álbum Break Every Rule de Tina Turner, tocando bateria em músicas como Typical Male e Girls, e também colaborou com a banda Led Zeppelin no Live Aid, tocando bateria. Também participou da música Home, do grupo de rap Bone Thugs'N'Harmony.

We never talked about it but I hear the blame was mine

I'd call you up to say I'm sorry,

But I wouldn't want to waste your time

'Cause I love you, but I can't take anymore

There's a look I can't describe in your eyes

If we could try like we tried before

Would you keep on telling me those lies?

Do you remember?

There seemed no way to make up,

'Cause it seemed your mind was set

And the way you looked it told me,

It's a look I know I'll never forget

You could've come over to my side,

You could've let me know

You could've tried to see the distance between us

But it seemed too far for you to go

Do you remember?

Through all of my life,

In spite of all the pain

You know that people are funny sometimes,

'Cause they just can't wait to get hurt again,

Tell me do you remember?

There are things we won't recall,

And feelings we'll never find

It's taken so long to see it,

'Cause we never seemed to have the time

There was always something more important to do,

More important to say

But "I love you" wasn't one of those things,

And now it's too late

Do you remember?

BROTHERS IN ARMS

DIRE STRAITS (MARK KNOPFLER)

SONGWRITER: MARK KNOPFLER

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: BROTHERS IN ARMS

LABEL: VERTIGO

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1985

BERLIN 2007

"Brothers in Arms" aparece no quinto  álbum de estúdio da extinta banda britânica Dire Straits, é uma canção de 1985 e é a última faixa do álbum homônimo.

O álbum foi um marco na indústria fonográfica, sendo um dos pioneiros no processo de gravação, mixagem e masterização totalmente digitais. Faz parte da lista dos 200 álbuns definitivos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Existem duas versões de estúdio da música: a versão original do álbum tem duração de 7:00, e a versão mais curta, que tem 6:05 apresenta leves diferenças, como nos solos e no início e no fim da canção. A versão que aparece no álbum de coletânea das melhores músicas, The Very Best of Dire Straits é de 4:55

Mark Knopfler normalmente tocava a canção numa guitarra Gibson Les Paul, ao contrário de sua usual Schecter "Stratocaster", e uma Les Paul aparece num vídeo promocional, com aparência de desenho de carvão, intercalando cenas da banda tocando com cenas de guerra.

These mist covered mountains

Are a home now for me

But my home is the lowlands

And always will be

Some day you'll return to

Your valleys and your farms

And you'll no longer burn

To the brothers in arm

Through these fields of destruction

Baptism of fire

I've watched all your suffering

As the batles raged higher

And though they did hurt me so bad

In the fear and alarm

You did not desert me

My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds

So many different suns

And we have just one world

But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell

And the moon's riding high

Let me bid you farewell

Every man has to die

But it's written in the starlight

And every line on your palm

We're fools to make war

On our brothers in arms