Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia review – living lute songs of love and war | Culture
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Before the banjo, the instrument at the heart of so much folk, country and bluegrass music, was the ekonting: a self-built, three-string gourd instrument with a muted but characterful tone, played by the Jola people […]