Post by Stephen on Jun 13, 2004 16:58:47 GMT -5
Contact information:
2903 Abigail Dr. #1
Louisville, KY 40205
Tel: 1-502-459-0902
Email: diallo_yaya_harlina@hotmail.com
CD Distribution: www.cdbaby.com/all/onzourecords
YAYA DIALLO
Musician - Healer - Composer
Dancer - Teacher of Music & Dance
Lecturer - Storyteller - Author
Guide to Mali, West Africa
Yaya Diallo was born in the village of Fienso, Republic of Mali, to a nomadic Peul father and a Minianka mother. Yaya was raised in a culture that works, worships, lives and breathes to the beat of the drum. Thanks to his mother, being from the illustrious Berthe family (hunters, county chiefs, musicians ...), young Yaya had the opportunity to hear some of the best musicians of the former canton Zangasso. The old musician, healer and sorcerer Nangape Kone became his protector and mentor.
Arriving in Montreal, Canada in 1967, Yaya graduated from the University of Montreal in Chemistry in 1973. Following a brief career as a chemist, Yaya returned to traditional African music. He was a co-founder of the music and dance groups Djembe-Kan and Cleba and a member of the African Troubadours with the World Music Institute as well as a faculty member with the Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY, and the Omega Institute. Yaya currently teaches credit courses in African music and dance at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY, offers workshops in traditional African healing, music and dance and leads "The Healing Drum" tour to Mali, West African in April and December.
Yaya's classic album Nangape recorded in Canada, released in 1980 and reissued in 2002 on Onzou Records, brought international recognition to his work. This debut album was followed by several published works:
RECORDINGS:
1980 Nangape LP Onzou Records
1982 Senghor CBC cinema studio recording
1990 The Healing Drum: African Ceremonial and Ritual Music
1995 Dounoukan African Drum Music
1998 Dombaa Folee: Minianka Medicine Music of Mali
Published by The Relaxation Company
2002 Nangape Reissued on CD, Onzou Records
2003 Live at Club Soda Onzou Records
BOOKS
1985 At the Threshold of the African Soul: The Fulani-Minianka Way / A Village Voice
A Journal published by the Intercultural Center of Montreal
1989 The Healing Drum: African Wisdom Teachings
Published by Destiny Books
2001 Reprint journal At the Threshold of the African Soul
WORKSHOPS and PERFORMANCES
Yaya Diallo's invitations to perform and conduct workshops internationally include North America (USA, Canada), Europe (England, France, Belgium, Holland), Asia (Japan, Singapore), English and French West Indies (Paradise Island, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Africa (Ivoiry Coast, Mali).
2903 Abigail Dr. #1
Louisville, KY 40205
Tel: 1-502-459-0902
Email: diallo_yaya_harlina@hotmail.com
CD Distribution: www.cdbaby.com/all/onzourecords
YAYA DIALLO
Musician - Healer - Composer
Dancer - Teacher of Music & Dance
Lecturer - Storyteller - Author
Guide to Mali, West Africa
Yaya Diallo was born in the village of Fienso, Republic of Mali, to a nomadic Peul father and a Minianka mother. Yaya was raised in a culture that works, worships, lives and breathes to the beat of the drum. Thanks to his mother, being from the illustrious Berthe family (hunters, county chiefs, musicians ...), young Yaya had the opportunity to hear some of the best musicians of the former canton Zangasso. The old musician, healer and sorcerer Nangape Kone became his protector and mentor.
Arriving in Montreal, Canada in 1967, Yaya graduated from the University of Montreal in Chemistry in 1973. Following a brief career as a chemist, Yaya returned to traditional African music. He was a co-founder of the music and dance groups Djembe-Kan and Cleba and a member of the African Troubadours with the World Music Institute as well as a faculty member with the Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY, and the Omega Institute. Yaya currently teaches credit courses in African music and dance at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY, offers workshops in traditional African healing, music and dance and leads "The Healing Drum" tour to Mali, West African in April and December.
Yaya's classic album Nangape recorded in Canada, released in 1980 and reissued in 2002 on Onzou Records, brought international recognition to his work. This debut album was followed by several published works:
RECORDINGS:
1980 Nangape LP Onzou Records
1982 Senghor CBC cinema studio recording
1990 The Healing Drum: African Ceremonial and Ritual Music
1995 Dounoukan African Drum Music
1998 Dombaa Folee: Minianka Medicine Music of Mali
Published by The Relaxation Company
2002 Nangape Reissued on CD, Onzou Records
2003 Live at Club Soda Onzou Records
BOOKS
1985 At the Threshold of the African Soul: The Fulani-Minianka Way / A Village Voice
A Journal published by the Intercultural Center of Montreal
1989 The Healing Drum: African Wisdom Teachings
Published by Destiny Books
2001 Reprint journal At the Threshold of the African Soul
WORKSHOPS and PERFORMANCES
Yaya Diallo's invitations to perform and conduct workshops internationally include North America (USA, Canada), Europe (England, France, Belgium, Holland), Asia (Japan, Singapore), English and French West Indies (Paradise Island, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Africa (Ivoiry Coast, Mali).