A group of musicians, African, American, European, came
together this week and recorded a song about one mother’s story in
Sudan.
It’s an amazing piece of work, by people who did not know each other
before, this week, and were connected by a diverse set of musical
networks. The resulting sound is Afro-Celtic, with lyrics in
English and background vocals in Bamanakan, a language of Mali.
It’s called “Sudan.”
Here is a link to a site hosting an MP3 of the recording
and a written copy of the lyrics. This version is hosted by the Berkman
Center. The recording is also being hosted by Music For Amerca, thanks
to Josh Koenig by way of Zack Rosen, but I don’t have the link yet. Will update when I get it.
The song and the recording have been released
into the “commons” by being licensed under a “Creative Commons”
license, which makes it free and legal to download and distribute the
recording in any creative way you can think of as long as the use is non-commercial and you make attribution to the artists.
..another way to get the word out.
