Tradition Dialogue
10 releases
Sitar + West African Strings traces the meeting of Indian raga language with the plucked string traditions of West Africa, especially kora and ngoni. Both worlds carry deep melodic memory: strings that sing, patterns that circle, and music that can feel both intimate and ceremonial.
Afro-Raga, World Music Fusion
Style context: Live, Desert Session, West African, Indian Classical, Mediterranean, Sunset
A sunset live session in the Negev desert — two koras, sitar, lyra, and percussion weave West African, Indian, and Mediterranean music into one unrepeatable moment.
World Music, Afro-Raga, Cross-Cultural
Style context: Live, Japan, Yakushima, Improvisation, Kora, Sitar
A live Afro-Raga reinterpretation of the Japanese song Kako Kara, performed on the mystical island of Yakushima by YoYo Sitar and HOZU.
World Fusion, Live Session
Style context: afro-desi
A one-take Afro-Desi improvisation for sitar and kora.
World Fusion, Live Session
Style context: Afro-Raga, Wasolu, Bambara, Monsoon
A one-take live meeting where sitar, ngoni, Bambara voice, and tabla turn Gine Mousso into an Afro-Raga conversation.
World, Fusion
Style context: Cross-cultural, Live Session, Kora, Sitar
A spontaneous meeting of vocals, kora, and sitar recorded live in Yoav Or's studio.
World, Instrumental
Style context: world-fusion
A meditative live exchange between sitar and kora, with sound and mastering by Yoav Or.
World Fusion, Cinematic World Fusion
Style context: cross-cultural, cinematic, chillout, electronic-world-fusion, cinematic-trance
Masa's "Your Eyes" is a Hindi-language single where Indo-African instrumentation, chillout/electronic atmosphere, and cinematic production meet.
World Fusion, Live Session
Style context: mantra, devotional, world-fusion, live-ensemble
A Masa festival recording that moves between West African song and mantra.
World Fusion, Live Session
Style context: Masa, Festival, Live Ensemble
Masa performs “Beshalom” in its full festival lineup.
Afro-Raga, World Music Fusion, Reggae
Style context: afro-raga, griot, manding, indian-classical, reggae-groove, sitar-ngoni, multi-cultural
A bridge between West African Manding griot tradition and Indian classical raga — blending the traditional Manding theme Djeliya with Laage Re Nain through Afro-Raga textures into a reggae groove.
