Joyful Music in Greenwich Village – Malang Jobarteh, kora

• Malang Jobarteh, kora

Malang Jobarteh will be performing selections of traditional West African and Western classical music on the Kora – a lute string harp played extensively by story tellers in West Africa.

Malang was born into a family of traditional Gambian musician/historians that extends back nearly 1,000 years.

Note from the host: "Looking forward to an uplifting evening of music with you all!

"We will provide non-alcoholic drinks. We request that this is a non-alcoholic event, so if you BYOBeverage, that it be non-alcoholic as well. Thank you!

"Doors open at 7pm to get settled, meet everyone (including the musicians!), and find seats.

"Music will begin at 7:30pm."

This location is not handicap accessible.

Exact address sent to approved attendees via email.

COVID-19 Protocols: Vaccination required (honor system). Masks are not required.

About Groupmuse

Groupmuse is a worker- and musician-owned cooperative seeking to uplift artists and strengthen broader community bonds through live, intimate performances of historically-rooted music.

About Malang Jobarteh, kora

Hailing from a distinguished lineage of Gambia kora players, Malang Jobarteh carries on the tradition as a prolific kora performer and educator based in New York City. He has presented concerts at the Center for African Studies at Rutgers University, Wave Hill, Basilica Hudson, Longwood Arts Gallery, Northside Music Festival, Bronx Heritage Center, and many more. Jobarteh is a recording artist and has been featured on albums with Boubacar Diebate, Bela Fleck and Dialy Kounda, among others, and was awarded an Arts Fund grant from Bronx Council for the Arts. Jobarteh also serves in many cultural functions. As a Djeli he is personally responsible for maintaining an oral history of many generations before him, and he is called upon in countless social settings to bring people together, sometimes to resolve disputes, and other times to help leaders of the noble class make important decisions. His role is a complex one with many layers, with no direct parallel in American society.