Tag: Rootsmanding

6. Lindhardter Wald-Musik am 28. September 2025 in Naunhof / Sachsen (Forest Music Concert with Ensemble Triloban: Baroque & Westafrican Music)

[ Translation via Google Inc. Translator ]



Vorankündigung und Einladung zu einem erneuten Konzert des Ensembles Triloban:

Lindhardter-Waldmusik.de
6. Lindhardter Waldmusik
Alpha [Oulare] – Percussion
Friederike [Bouzayen] – Cello
Sam [Jarju] – Kora
Birgit [Lawerenz] – Bass-Xylophon/Piano
So[nntag], 28.9.25 15:00 Uhr
Barockmusik & Westafrikanische Lieder
Mitspiel- & Tanzmöglichkeit!
Waldlichtung Lindhardt
2 Gehmin[uten] Waldweg süd[lich] Blaufichtenweg, 04683 Naunhof-Lindhardt
Bei Regen: 15:30 Uhr Foyer Gymnasium Naunhof
– Wiesenstraße 36
Alle Generationen herzlich willkommen!
– Eintritt frei, Spenden erbeten!

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Im Lindhardter Wald erklingen Barockmusik & Westafrikanische Lieder auf akustischen Instrumenten. Es gibt Musikinstrumente zum Mitspielen und bunte Tanztücher.

Mit dem Triloban-Ensemble:
Kora (afrikanische Stegharfe), Cello, Keys/Bassxylophon und westafrikanischer Perkussion.

Eintritt frei, Spenden erbeten.

Mit freundlicher Förderung durch das Kulturamt des Landkreises Leipzig.


Vielen herzlichen Dank an Frau Friederike Bouzayen und alle Mitmusizierenden wie Gäste!


Ortsbeschreibung / Karte Google Inc. Maps:


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Die inzwischen finale Ankündigung des Konzertes
von Seiten Frau Friederike Bouzayens (Naturcello)

Hallo und Herzliche Einladung zur 6. Lindhardter Waldmusik !

So, 28.09.25  15:00 – ca. 16:00  2 Gehminuten Waldweg
südlich Blaufichtenweg 04683 Naunhof, Ortsteil Lindhardt


Auf der herrlichen Waldlichtung in Lindhardt erklingen Barockmusik und Westafrikanische Lieder … Es liegen Musikinstrumente bereit zum Mitmachen und bunte Tanztücher. 

Es spielt das Triloban-Ensemble: Kora (afrikanische Stegharfe), Cello, Keys/Bassxylophon und westafrikanische Perkussion!

Bei Dauerregen beginnt das Konzert um 15:30 im Foyer des Gymnasiums, 04683 Naunhof, Wiesenstraße 36.

Alle Generationen sind herzlich willkommen ! Weitere Infos unter lindhardter-waldmusik.de

— Eintritt frei ! Spenden erbeten —

Mit freundlicher Förderung durch das Kulturamt des Landkreises Leipzig

Diese Einladung kann gern geteilt werden — vielen Dank — Wir freuen uns auf Sie und Euch !

Mit herzlichen Grüßen

Friederike Bouzayen

(Programm: Traditionelles Mandinka-Lied: Bamba Boyang — Lied für Gesundheit / Johann Pachebel: Kanon in D, transponiert nach F / traditionelles Mandinka-Lied: Mineonba — Lied für Respekt / Friederike Bouzayen: Abendwind, Kanon / traditionelles Mandinka-Lied: Saalia — Lied der Gemeinschaft / Pause / Friederike Bouzayen: Morgen-Kanon / traditionelles Mandinka-Lied: Banile — Lied für Menschlichkeit / Händel/Bach/Bouzayen: Naturregenbogen & Georg Friedrich Händel HWV 432 Passacaglia & Johann-Sebastian Bach BWV 974 / Sam Jarju: Improvisierter Vers / Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier I, BWV 846. Dauer zirka 53 Minuten. — Vielen Dank an die Ensembleleiterin Frau Fr. Bouzayen für die Vorabbekanntgabe!)


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Anreise von Leipzig aus mit den regionalen Leipziger Verkehrsbetrieben?

Hineinhören auf Naturcello/Soundcloud?




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Siehe auch ebenso: https://alphaoulare.art.blog/2024/10/19/concert-announcement-reminder-for-ensemble-triloban-trio-concert-violoncello-kora-harp-percussion-at-rocknitz-saxony-f-r-g-on-saturday-october-19th-2024/
und https://alphaoulare.art.blog/2023/05/24/einladung-zum-waldkonzert-forest-music-concert-in-naunhof-lindhardt-saxonia-17-juni-2023/ — vielen herzlichen Dank an Euch!


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Rootsmanding live at Leipzig in 2020, complete concert recording bootleg

Without further annotations! The Rootsmanding ensemble will perform at several Africa Festivals in Germany this summer, wait for concrete announcements here…

Impressions from Rootsmanding concert, 12-14-2022, at Leipzig // Announcement of supposely next public concert on 12-30-2022 at Erfurt // Shaun Gracie & Alpha Oulare (3-day workshop 1-6.7.8-2023 reminder)

Just a small note here:

Sound Check [excerpt] before the Concert of Rootsmanding at the Leipzig Reggaeclub Kaya, recorded from a back room with plain cellphone. Not yet all strings of the Kora harp had been tuned correctly…

Hopefully some video excerpts of the very good show for a small audience . . can be presented here within the next few days. Please visit this blog post again, so for concrete announcement of the end-December Erfurt concert of Rootsmanding.

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“Eine Fotografie von Mister Shaun Gracie und Mister Alpha Oulare, aufgenommen im Hupfeld-Center Leipzig, im Spätsommer 2022. Beide Djembéfoli (d.h. Meistertrommler) erwarten Euch zum gemeinsamen Djembé-Workshop-Wochenende an den Tagen des 6., 7. und 8. Januar jeweils nachmittags. –– Bitte überdenkt, ob Ihr teilnehmen könnt, und bestätigt diese Eure Teilnahme nach Möglichkeit vorab auf der Facebook-Event-Seite, das hilft uns sehr (wir sind uns gegenwärtig über die tatsächlich zu erwartende Teilnahmezahl noch im Unklaren, das beunruhigt ein wenig):
https://www.facebook.com/events/898588694372037/
Davor, nämlich am kommenden 17. Dezember, besteht vor diesem Januar-Wochenende kalendarisch letztmalig die Möglichkeit, am samstäglichen Djembé-Unterricht teilzunehmen oder kostenlos als Gast mit dabei zu sein… Telefon Alpha Oulare (tagsüber ab 14 Uhr) 0178-56-34-016.” (Another social-media comment at Facebook.)

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(Short note on) Recent concerts with the Rootsmandig ensemble and Jalikebba in September / early October 2022

This, in short, is to state, that Alpha Oulare together with the Ensemble Rootsmanding (in core still: Sam Jarju, Diehi Tanguy Franck and A. Ou.) attended several concerts at Hanover, Erfurt/Thuringia and Leipzig, one additional with Jalikebba Kuyateh at Torgau/Saxony during the before days and weeks. (We cannot represent here photographs nor flyers/footage from these public events, though.) … To get notice of all coming performances of Rootsmanding in world you always should consult Sam Jarju’s homepage at reggaemanding.de or his (alike Alpha Oulare’s himself) social-media Facebook profile; to find news on Jalikebba you may consult his homepage for news, his social-media profile (linked ibid.) or this new video repository his at the interesting Internet Archive.

Flyer motif for the Rootsmanding concert during
an African festivity at the Leipzig Pavillon of Hope
on October 1st, 2022. — Many thanks to Mister Sam Jarju!

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An ultra-short cellphone video from the Rehearsal room here as the only last finding… (thanks to 2Fett Records, friends of the artists).

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Alpha Oulare & Rootsmanding will perform at the 20th Alafia Africa Festival Hamburg on August 27th, 2022 — 2020 A/Ou portrait photograph

»The Hamburg Africa Festival is celebrating an anniversary: 20 years of Alafia — Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Bon Anniversaire!!!«

Participation / Contribution:

[Roots Manding drumming, dancing, acrobatics and singing group (click into for the original but very dark flyer motif at Mr. Sam Jarju’s Facebook profile that is good to know).]

»Rootsmanding Band
Samstag, 27. August 2022, 16.00 Uhr
Guinea etc., traditionelle Rhythmen aus Westafrika
[more info:]
Die Musiker der Rootsmandig Band stammen aus verschiedenen Ländern Westafrikas (Guinea-Conakry, Gambia, Elfenbeinküste u.a.) und bringen die traditionelle Kunst Westafrikas auf die Alafia-Bühne. Sie mischen traditionelle Percussionsrhythmen mit den Melodien der Kora, die im Zentrum ihrer Musik steht. Logisch: keine traditionelle Musik ohne Tanz. Doundoun und Djembe legen einen tollen Rhythmusteppich, zu dem neben dem Chorgesang die Klänge der Kora herrlich kontrastieren. Großes Kino.« (Festival homepage — translation)

The Hamburg Africa festival’s finally announced musical program:

Friday, August 26th, 2022:

4:00pm Ouverture

4:30pm Simba Ci, Zimbabwe (Singer/Songwriter) — cf. official YouTube channel

5:00pm IYASA, Zimbabwe (Dance theater, children’s cultural caravan) — cf. official YouTube channel

6:00pm Nana Yeboah’s Highlife Express, Ghana (Highlife) — cf. YouTube channel of the artist

8:00pm Abdou Day, Madagascar (Reggae) — cf. official YouTube channel

Saturday, August 27th, 2022:

12:00am Manifestation

1:00pm Simba CI (second performance)

2:00pm Abdou Day (second performance)

3:30pm IYASA (second performance)

4:00pm Rootsmanding [PS 12-29-2022: click here for video excerpt!], Guinea etc. (traditional Rhythms from West-Africa) — here they are!

6:00pm Papito Chango’s Pi a Pa, Cuba (Music of the Santeria) — cf. official YouTube channel

8:00pm Les Quatro des Bakotessa, Kongo (Soukouss etc.) — cf. YouTube search results

Sunday, August 28th, 2022:

2:00pm Abdelhafid Catruat Band, Marokko etc. (Music from North-Africa) — cf. YouTube search results

4:00pm Rama N’Goni, Burkina Faso (Songs & Rhythms from Burkina Faso) — cf. official YouTube channel

6:00pm Habyba & Band, Ghana (New Pop from Ghana) — cf. official YouTube channel

 

HOPEFULLY no mishappings will occur and all logistics and transportation to and from Hamburg be fine!

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Year 2020 or earlier photograph of Alpha Oulare (from a series)

FOUND BY OCCASION IN THE INTERNET: »Djembe Kurse in Kreuzberg. Trommelunterricht: Seit Jahren unterrichte ich Interessierte in der Kunst, die Djembe zu spielen, und traditionelle westafrikanische Rhythmen. Ich beherrsche Instrumente wie Djembe, Balafon, Doundoun, Gongoma, Sangbar, Kenkeni und Maracas. Meine Kurse finden fortlaufend jeden Mittwoch in Kreuzberg statt. Weiteres erfahren Sie beim ersten Kontakt. Ich freue mich auf Ihr Kommen! Ich biete an: – Trommelunterricht Privatunterricht oder in der Gruppe – Anfänger bis Fortgeschrittene – repariere auch Trommeln – verkaufe Trommeln und Felle« (Musik-Anzeigen.com, 2020 (archived) — translation). The advertizement should meanwhile (still applicable!) relate though to Mr. Oulare’s family’s hometown Leipzig.

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Alpha Oulare at the 4th international Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival 1000 Drums on July 30th/31st, 2022, in Leipzig // Request for accreditation as performing artist in year 2023’s festivals in Germany and Europe

THIS IN SHORT (video and images shall follow within the next days; the concerts themselves have been video- and soundrecorded professionally during this last weekend of July): Alpha Oulare accompanied Rama N’Goni and the ensemble Lanaya, the Sam & Reggaemandingband (with them, for the song »Minion Bah«, Korafola Jalikebba Kuyateh), gave demonstrations on the Djembé drum in the workshop area on July 30th; on July 31st he gave a concert with the Rootsmanding Ensemble and finally introduced into the Free Interactive Community Concert of the 1000 Drums. What an effort this year—the festival organizer YILP International association is very thankful against him, recognizing the final festival as successful. (Please visit this post once again to find updates!)

During first soundchecks on Saturday noon, July 30th, 2022, at the Tank Bar No. 1, Leipzig. More guests appeared later… — More photographs will follow soon.

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POSTSCRIPTUM.
All recordings from the festival
meanwhile can be found
here:

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Alpha Oulare & Rootsmanding

Alpha Oulare is also, together with ensemble founder Sam Jarju (kora, voice) and Diehi Tanguy Franck (percussions), member and current master djembé player and choir singer of the West-African ensemble Rootsmanding, that had been founded in Dresden in 2004 (then still without Alpha and Frankie), meanwhile based at Leipzig / Germany (residence of all three musicians)

»The Rootsmanding drum, dance and song group are five to eight artists from Africa. Their musical roots lie in playing the traditional rhythms and melodies of West Africa. The most important instrument of the group is the kora (African harp lute), accompanied by drums and dance.« (Ensemble leader Sam Jarju.)

Following just three videos / excerpts from Rootsmanding performances in town, the Hint to an unkown album and, more to expect, current tour and concert dates:

(Thanks to Mrs. Claudia Kästner.)

(Still available, seldom found rare debut by Rootsmanding. New albums have been recorded yet, offers from musical publishers are welcome to the Roots- and Reggae Manding founder and producer Mister Sam Jarju.)

(This Summer’s agenda… Rootsmanding attending concerts at several Africa festivals in german towns.)

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ROOTSMANDING at the Africa Festival in Ingolstadt / Bavaria, June 24th, 2022

INGOLSTADT / BAVARIA. On June 24th Alpha Oulare and the Rootsmanding ensemble attended once again a public concert performance at the Bavarian Africa Festival at Ingolstadt, this time accompanied by a performance of the African Acrobats. Here some photographs from that day:

IN OLD UNITY THESE THREE MUSICAL ARTISTS AND FRIENDS
The West-African Ensemble Rootsmanding are in core: Alpha Oulare – Diehi Tanguy Franck – Sam Jarju, here in Ingolstadt, June 2022
 
( From the Ingolstadt Festival website )

Other Impressions from the 2022 Ingolstadt Africa Festival … It had been rather cold this year…

HERE A LONG OSTINATO FOR THE SKILLFUL AFRICAN ACROBATS FROM GHANA …
Guests and in background the stage
Festival stage during a sound-check
Other performers at night time
The Festival stage during sound check / end of another concert performance

Next german Africa Festival concerts of the Rootsmanding ensemble:

RUDOLSTADT / THURINGIA. On two days the Rootsmanding ensemble will grant public performances at the famous Rudolstadt Roots, Folk and Worldmusic Festival (July, 9th and 10th, 2022, in the evening hours). We thank Mrs. Claudia Kästner for her sympathy, support and concrete help.

( From the Rudolstadt Festival website )

Postscriptum: Alpha Oulare and the Ensemble Rootsmanding finally did not perform at Rudolstadt in this year 2022 — read here for more explanations and a review of else participating African musicians.

LEIPZIG / WEST SAXONY. We use the opportunity to advert also for the two-day International Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival 1000 DRUMS at Leipzig, on July 30th and 31st, 2022. Alpha Oulare will be present on both days, performing with the Rootsmanding ensemble and directing / introducing into the Free Interactive Community Concert of the 1000 Drums jam session all guest are invited to bring own instruments with them for. This festival had been established in 2019 and is supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig.

(German-Language information from the YILP International Festival staff — click onto text to read the festival website blog 1000 Drums)

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