http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.28771680&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fjuldeh-camara%2Fplaylists.rssJuldeh Camara already had a pretty respectable resume before embarking on the project that would earn him an international reputation. A second-generation Gambian griot (musical storyteller), he was renowned in both Fula society (Camara is Fulani) and throughout the African music world as a master musician and virtuoso on the <I>riti</I>, a one-stringed fiddle used in griot traditions. After Camara moved to the U.K., where he worked as a musician, a friend gave him a copy of <I>Desert Road</I>, an album by Justin Adams, a British guitarist with a dedicated interest in African music (he also worked with Tinariwen). He picked up the phone and called Adams, and a beautiful partnership was born. The two shared some of their favorite music with each other: Western rock, blues and roots, traditional griot music, Afro-pop, desert blues. They also began jamming together, re-creating live the musical trajectories that continued to overlap those genres. The result was 2008's critically acclaimed <I>Soul Science</I>, which was followed in 2009 by <I>Tell No Lies</I>. - Rachel DevittWorld Popen720Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:30:32 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.28771680&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fjuldeh-camara%2Fplaylists.rss Juldeh Camara already had a pretty respectable resume before embarking on the project that would earn him an international reputation. A second-generation Gambian griot (musical storyteller), he was renowned in both Fula society (Camara is Fulani) and throughout the African music world as a master musician and virtuoso on the <I>riti</I>, a one-stringed fiddle used in griot traditions. After Camara moved to the U.K., where he worked as a musician, a friend gave him a copy of <I>Desert Road</I>, an album by Justin Adams, a British guitarist with a dedicated interest in African music (he also worked with Tinariwen). He picked up the phone and called Adams, and a beautiful partnership was born. The two shared some of their favorite music with each other: Western rock, blues and roots, traditional griot music, Afro-pop, desert blues. They also began jamming together, re-creating live the musical trajectories that continued to overlap those genres. The result was 2008's critically acclaimed <I>Soul Science</I>, which was followed in 2009 by <I>Tell No Lies</I>. - Rachel Devitt http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.28969093&variant=play&rws=%2Fjuldeh-camara%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:59:29 -0700 Playlists Featuring Juldeh Camara on Rhapsody Online 28969093 ply.28969093 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.28969093&variant=play&rws=%2Fjuldeh-camara%2Fplaylists.rss