Nuru Kane
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Nuru Kane is a Senegal
ese singer/songwriter who plays guitar, bass and guimbri, a three-stringed Moroccan
bass in the band Bayefall Gnawa.
Nuru's debut CD, Sigil, which was released in the UK on March 14, 2006 and the rest of the world on April 24 by Riverboat Records and World Music Network, included griot
, gnawa
, and blues
influences.
His band, Bayefall Gnawa, played at the 2004 Festival in the Desert in Mali
, and at the 2006 Africa Oye
as well as at the Festival of World Cultures 2010 in Oslo
, Norway.
His single "Goree" appears on the soundtract of the 2011 film "The Mechanic" at the graveyard scene.
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
ese singer/songwriter who plays guitar, bass and guimbri, a three-stringed Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
bass in the band Bayefall Gnawa.
Nuru's debut CD, Sigil, which was released in the UK on March 14, 2006 and the rest of the world on April 24 by Riverboat Records and World Music Network, included griot
Griot
A griot or jeli is a West African storyteller. The griot delivers history as a poet, praise singer, and wandering musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition. As such, they are sometimes also called bards...
, gnawa
Gnawa
The Gnawa people originated from North and West Africa; to be precise the ancient Ghanaian Empire of Ouagadougou .This name Gnawa is taken from one of the indigenous languages of the Sahara Desert called Tamazight...
, and blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
influences.
His band, Bayefall Gnawa, played at the 2004 Festival in the Desert in Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
, and at the 2006 Africa Oye
Africa Oyé
Africa Oyé is the largest free live African music festival in the UK and is held in June annually in Liverpool, England. It is held in Sefton Park and showcases up-and-coming African and Caribbean artists, as well as presenting already famous artists....
as well as at the Festival of World Cultures 2010 in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway.
His single "Goree" appears on the soundtract of the 2011 film "The Mechanic" at the graveyard scene.