Field Recordings: Songs of Celebration and Praise by The Met published on 2019-12-09T18:32:02Z Oral historian David Conrad recorded griots in Mali and Gambia in 1975–76 for his doctoral dissertation research. That documentation is an invaluable source for understanding regional musical traditions and the building of historical narratives. His field recordings include the lyrics of celebration and praise songs by female and male griots, and the retelling of local histories and epics such as the Sonsan of Kaarta, and Sunjata. In this selection of four excerpts, musical accompaniment features the sounds of the ngone, the bala, the nege, the donso ngoni, and the dan. Genre World Contains tracks Music of the Dan by The Met published on 2019-12-09T18:32:01Z Kambili by The Met published on 2019-12-09T18:32:01Z Praise Songs from the Sunjata Era by The Met published on 2019-12-09T18:32:01Z Sonsan of Kaarta by The Met published on 2019-12-09T18:32:02Z
