Xalam
Xalam For the musical group, see Xalam (band) Xalam, also spelled khalam, is the Wolof name ... stringed musical instrument from West Africa. The xalam is thought to have originated from modern ... an ancestor to the American banjo. The xalam is commonly played in Mali, Gambia, ...
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Xalam (band)
Xalam (band) Xalam is the name of a Senegalese musical ... name from the lute-like instrument the Xalam. Discography Albums Wam Sabindam (1993) Apartheid (1986 ...
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Talk:Xalam
Talk:Xalam What were the strings before they were ...
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Talk:List of musical instruments
... Oct 2003 (UTC) I think it's xalam with an M rather than xalan with ... Musical Instruments, which is pretty comprehensive, has xalam but not xalan). Possible ancestor of the ... the m to an n. Also apparently Xalam is not a rare instrument as one ... in Senegal. http://www.geocities.com/jbenhill/xalam.html Jay 09:29, 18 Oct 2003 ...
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Music of Senegal
... Dour Africanized Cuban music, another influential band, Xalam, was doing the same with American funk ... a prominent keyboardist, and became critically touted. Xalam toured with groups like Rolling Stones and ... creating a modernized version of sabar ak xalam ensembles by adding bass guitar and synthesizer ...
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Wolof music
... instruments include the sabar drums, tama and xalam. Modern musician also use the Fula flute ... and to African music in general. The xalam is a very important instrument in Wolof ...
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Kora   (translated from French)
... of cheesemonger is tended of a skin. xalam, guitare traditional wolof , which is made of ...
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Talk:Sara M'Bodji
... pieces with Henri Guillebert, the keyboardist of Xalam, a Dakar band that had moved to ...
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Category:Drumhead lutes
... Sanxian Sarod Shamisen Sihu T Tuhu X Xalam Xiaodihu Z Zhonghu
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Djelimady Tounkara
... by birth. Djelimady played Djembe drum and Xalam, a banjo-like lute, as a boy ...
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