About this minute
- Title
- Soubour
- Creator
- Songhoy Blues
- Location
- Mali
- Collections
- Black Musical Histories
- Related resource guides
- Ensemble , Africa , Blues , Blues scale , Clapping , Electric guitar , Repetition , Riff , Rock , Singing , Strumming
BMH #6
That was the sound of a piece called ‘Soubour’ by Songhoy Blues. Did you know that Mali, a country in West Africa, is the true home of The Blues? Musical influences from Africa travelled across the world from the middle of the 16th Century due to the slave trade. These influences spread through generations of…
