www.gofundme.com/music-of-senegal
In January 2018, Nick Jennings (long-time Datura Blues satellite,) traveled to Senegal... Everywhere he went, local musicians welcomed him into their world with overwhelming hospitality. Unfortunately, having only a mobile phone with a bad microphone meant a lot of missed opportunities to document his experiences. What little footage he was able to collect received positive feedback, including a video of his new friend Salliou playing the Cas Cas that soon went viral.
Nick was inspired to return with better cameras, audio recording and video equipment, and his enthusiasm did not fall upon deaf ears. Upon hearing about the project, Oryan Peterson-Jones of BPBS Arts & Media, Datura Blues and Die Geister Beschwören (who had just completed the first of two documentaries filmed in Cuba,) also signed on.
The goal is to document the many amazing musicians that Nick met during his first trip to Senegal, pay them for their performances and put together a high quality musical documentary. In the long run, we hope to establish a platform to not only introduce the music of Senegal to the world but also send funds back to the musicians.
info@musicofsenegal.com
bpbsartsandmedia@gmail.com