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Sorsonet: dance for girls. Soli: pre-circumcision dance. Soko: pre-circumcision dance. Ngoron (n'giri): Malinke/Soussou rhythm. Marakadon: Dance to welcome Maraka people's visit. Kakilambe: masked dance.

  1. Respect - Aretha Franklin   2. Louie Louie - Kingsmen   3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye   4. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones   5. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan   6. Hey Jude - Beatles   7. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys   8. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Righteous Brothers   9. My Girl - Temptations 10. Light My Fire - Doors 11. She Loves You - Beatles 12. You Really Got Me - Kinks 13. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett 14. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream 15. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix 16. A Day In The Life - Beatles 17. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown 18. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin 19. My Generation - The Who 20. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix 21. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds 22. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival 23. Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding 24. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge 25. I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles 26. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum 27. House Of The Rising Sun - Animals 28. Yesterday - Beatles 29. Be My Baby - Ronettes 30. Where Did Our Love Go - Supremes 31. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane 32. I Saw Her Standing There - Beatles 33. Green Onions - Booker T. & the MGs 34. The Sounds Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 35. I Want You Back - Jackson 5 36. Soul Man - Sam & Dave 37. I Get Around - Beach Boys 38. Reach Out, I'll Be There - Four Tops 39. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group 40. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Temptations 41. All Day And All Of The Night - Kinks 42. Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells 43. Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones 44. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf 45. Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 46. White Room - Cream 47. Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones 48. Ticket To Ride - Beatles 49. The Tracks Of My Tears - Miracles 50. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas 51. Eight Miles High - Byrds 52. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield 53. Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles 54. Nights In White Satin - Mo

Abdou Kounta, one of my most important and influential djembe teachers, taught at Lisangua ya Bato, a Dance and Drum Camp held annually for over 15 years, in the heart of New York's Catskills.

"Shango's Dance" performs jazzy interpretations of the songs and dances from the Santería & Yoruba religious tradition. (The powerfull rhythms and chants the Santeros use to worship their West African ancestors and gods.)

Son - Changüí - Orisha music and dance - Rumba - Caberet - Jazz Cubano - Casino - Carnaval Comparsa - Rap Cubano - and many more.

This song's lyrics are (to me) astonishingly unusual. This is good "sung poetry." Who can ever forget "dance me to the end of love?" Has anyone ever said that to you? Or have you said this to anyone? Well, now, thanks to Leonard Cohen...you CAN!

Annual, 3-Day Dance and Drum Festival in Boston MA USA. In 2008, artists included Malang Bayo, Youssouf Koumbassa, Assane Konte, Lamine Toure, Abdoulaye Sylla, Kissema Diabate, Mariama Basse, Babacar M'Baye, Mar Gueye, and others...

The well known Djembe list, a rich source of drum + dance related info

Awesome! Elegant, incredible, beautiful choreographed West African drum and dance performance.

Cretan music and dance is intoxicating, passionate, joyous! This is one of the best overviews I've ever seen on the topic. Concise yet comprehensive; detailed yet fun and easy.

Globe trot non-stop from dance to trance in contempo percussive fusion mixes of ancient instruments, kaleidoscopic musical styles from Africa, New York's underground, Europe and the Middle East

Crisp, clean, clear...and absolutely TIGHT. Outstanding musicality...Famoudou en sesiones de Hamana Mandenkono...solista toca djembe y kenkeni al mismo tiempo....

Reviews of the underground, eclectic dance music scene, with jazz, latin, electronics, funk, soul, and house mixed in...Eclectica!

The tar is widely spread in Central Asia. It is found in Azerbeidjan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tzadikistan, Kyrgysistan, Kazachstan, Iran and western China. The Uyghur of the Chinese province Xinjiang are a muslim people. The uygur play the tar or dutar on special occasions to accompany singing and dancing. The târ e Khavkaz is the Causcasian variant of this six stringed instrument. The Azerbaijani Tar has more strings in comparison than the Iranian or Persian târ A tanbur is a musical instrument made of wood with five strings. the tanbur is normally played alone, but sometimes it can also be played accompanied by playing the rawap or rabab or/and percussion. On ancient engravings the tanbur looks like a saz or baglama.

Whether it's called micro house, minimal techno or minimal house, this dance-music style has become popular thanks in large measure to one Berlin-based DJ.

Rarely: core melody, prolonged synth, Often: acoustic, live, percussive, chanting, ululation, a capella, drums, drum-centric ~Fuses following ingredients: Latin House, African House, Dark House, Progressive House, Tech-House (techno/jazzy)...like mixing tasteful (intelligent) dance w/ minimal techno.