The Essay: Folk at Home

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The Essay: Folk at Home: At Home with Falle Nioke

At Home with Falle Nioke

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Falle Nioke plays the music of his native Guinea from his current home in Margate.

Conversations and live performances from songwriters living away from their homeland. For this episode, Verity Sharp calls up Guinea-born, Margate-based musician Falle Nioke.

As the year prepares to turn, Verity Sharp dials up singer songwriters who aren’t living in their country of birth. Are they more mindful of their roots at this time of year? Has the pandemic made them feel closer or further away from home? Or is music all they’ve needed to keep them rooted?
 
Love brought Falle Nioke from his home in Guinea, West Africa to the British seaside town of Margate. Playing the local music of his Coniagui tribe to passers-by in the harbour helps keep him in touch with his ancestors while making new friends. He talks about the similarities and differences between the two locations and sings to remember, accompanying himself on his homemade gongoma. 

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In her garage studio, Verity Sharp calls up folk musicians in lockdown across the country.

From her garage studio, Verity Sharp calls up musicians who are rooted in traditional music and asks them to sing something that's been resonating for them during lockdown.

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