Sona Jobarteh at Brooklyn Bowl

Sona Jobarteh at Brooklyn Bowl
March 18. 8PM. $44.65.

For seven centuries, the Jobarteh family has maintained the griot tradition – the oral historians and musicians of West Africa. That heritage has been passed from father to son… until Sona Jobarteh came along. Raised in both London and Gambia, she is the first professional female player of the kora, the 21-string harp of the griot tradition. She has shared those West African sounds with rock and jazz musicians, and brought the instrument into Arab and film music. Sona also founded an academy in Gambia for aspiring young women who want to be musicians. Sona Jobarteh plays on March 18 at Brooklyn Bowl.