More information on the WaFlash EP released digitally today

Ken Stringfellow & WaFlash
"Mappando" (album)

On a trip through West Africa in late 2001, Ken Stringfellow met a group of musicians whose work he had admired: WaFlash, from Thies, Senegal, who have been playing together for about a decade. Immensely popular in Senegal and neighboring countries, they have yet to have a release in N. America or Europe. They boast three incredible vocalists, including female singer Ma Sane, who takes the lead on most of the tracks on the album. They spent a week in early 2003 in a studio in Dakar, with compositions that they had forged the previous week in their rehearsal studio (a spare room in Ms. Sane's family compound in Thies). Stringfellow feels the musicians and singers here are so inspiring, so generous of heart, so talented that the listener will be directly moved by this music.

Tracks:
1. Mappando
2. Yow Nit
3. What is Strong
4. Daw
5. Sambale

Available only on digital download sites such as iTunes, Napster, and Microsoft's music service.

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