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Distant Strings by David Gilden David Gilden : Distant Strings.
 African kora and mbira mixed with keyboards infuse a modern feel into ancient world music traditions.

Music of many lands played on the majestic West African harp-lute, the kora. Selections range from traditional African repertoire to Celtic music, Bach and beyond. David Gilden plays kora and synthesizer with guest musicians: John "Mr. Bones" Burrell on bones and Ron Lister on concertina.

The music presented on Distant Strings comes from several mid 80s recording sessions that took place in Boston. Featured are tracks of my first recordings from my first albums, 'Kora I' and 'Kora II'. These were originally released between 1984 and 1985 on cassette.

In 1986 I went back into the studio to record additional tracks for the release of Jato and Distant Strings. The music on Distant Strings and Jato was thoroughly remastered by a top mastering engineer in NYC. Low Level noise (pops & clicks) have been painstaking removed, endings have been cleaned up, the track to track ambiances have been balanced. This is first time these studio performances have been heard with such clarity.

Songs:

1. Baa To
2. Nonsuch
3. Rights Of Man
4. Jula Jekere
5. Fode Kaba
6. Saint Ann's Medley
7. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
8. Kora Duet
9. Alla l'Aa Ke
10. Scotland The Brave
11. Baa To (Reprise)
12. Greek Folk Song
13. Blackberry Blossom
14. St Anne's Reel
15. Distant Strings

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Release date: 12/17/2010
David Gilden lives in Texas USA

Tagged as: World, New Age, African influenced

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