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Juldeh Camara

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From Gambia

Juldeh Camara is an African Master Musician, taught to play by his blind father, who himself was taught directly by the djinn. Playing the ritti, a one-stringed fiddle and West African ancestor of the violin, he participated as a griot (a West African poet, praise singer and repository of oral tradition) in traditional Fula society. Juldeh has the drive and effortless flow of a great Bluesman. While his instrument brings to mind Delta players like Big Joe Williams, as well as Ali Farka Touré, there is a lilt in his playing that hints at the ancient links between North Africa and the Celtic World. He describes magical shapes on his ritti; one minute it's Blues harp, the next a Celtic fiddle, then a Saharan herdsman's flute. It is hard to believe all this emotion, range and flexibility comes from just one string.

Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara
WOMAD Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2009Santa Catalina15th November20:45
Fulani Coochie man
WOMAD Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2009Miller Building15th November18:45
The Tower Music Festival 2009The Tower Festival20th September18:45
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara with Special Guest Robert Plant
WOMAD Abu Dhabi 2009North Stage25th April21:00
WOMAD New Zealand 2009Event data coming soon…
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara Trio
WOMADelaide 2009Event data coming soon…
Guitar Connections
WOMAD Summer School 200831st July