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			<title><![CDATA[Club d’Elf at the Loading Dock]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[On July 11, 2026, I&#8217;ll be performing with the fabulous Club d&#8217;Elf — an ever-shifting improvisational music collective based in Boston, Massachusetts. Led by bassist and composer Mike Rivard, the band blends Moroccan Gnawa trance with dub, jazz, electronica, funk, and psychedelic rock.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2026 13:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[West African Drumming Lesson: Bala Kulandyan Denko]]></title>
			<link>https://davekobrenski.com/blog/free-djembe-lesson</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just starting your journey into West African drumming, or looking to expand your understanding? This free video lesson will help you understand the basics and more.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wula Retreat 2025]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This September 2025, I’m pleased to be returning for my second year as a faculty member at the annual Wula Drum &amp; Dance Retreat. Learn more here.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2025 14:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Art Gallery]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I’m pleased to announce the grand opening of my new art gallery and instrument showroom in North Conway, NH! Come see my art, flutes, and instruments in person at 2526 White Mt Hwy, North Conway NH.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coming Full Circle: A Return to Africa in 2025]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In 2025, I returned to West Africa to visit djembéfola Famoudou Konaté, and to celebrate the release of his new book. Here are photos and more from the trip.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:59:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UNH OLLI Course]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[November 14, 2024. Mark your calendars for a special presentation by author, musician and artist Dave Kobrenski through UNH’s OLLI program.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:16:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kora duo concert with Madou Sidiki Diabaté]]></title>
			<link>https://davekobrenski.com/blog/madou-sidiki-diabate</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On July 18, 2024, join Dave and friends for an experience of the history and magic of the West African Kora with world-renowned 71st-generation virtuoso Madou Sidiki Diabaté.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:38:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NH Chronicle]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[WMUR&#8217;s Karen Meyers sits down with Dave Kobrenski and takes you off the beaten path to explore how an artist and musician is bringing his cultural odyssey home.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 18:06:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[World Drum Club Interview - Kalani Das and Dave Kobrenski]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This past month, I had the pleasure of chatting with Kalani Das for his World Drum Club channel. We chatted about music and drums (of course!) but also about social and cultural issues, the challenges and benefits of learning the djembé, and lots more. Check out the full interview here.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2022 13:43:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Behind the Music: Sorsornet and Faama Denké]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A detailed look at the classic Mande song Faama Denké and the Baga rhythm, Sorsornet. Includes drum notation, sheet music, lyrics and translations.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 10:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[“Finding the Source” Excerpt: Chapter One]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[An excerpt from the book, Finding the Source. An artist’s twenty-year struggle to overcome a painful affliction takes him ever deeper into West Africa, and into realms of spirit and healing he never imagined possible.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kedjula Kanin: A melodic tribute to Mamady Keïta]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The song “Kedjula Kanin” appears on Mamady Keïta’s album, Mandeng Djara, and features an exquisite arrangement and performance. Here is my own recording and study guide to the accompanying song, featuring flute, ngoni, and calabash. Includes Malinké lyrics and English translation.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Behind the Music: Soli de Daouda Condé]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A breakdown of the creative process behind the rhythm and song Soli de Daouda Condé, which appears on the Afroflute EP. Includes djembé and dunun phrases, balafon, Fula flute, and more.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 7 Feb 2022 20:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dununba: Dance of the Strong Men]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The dununba is an event that belongs to a family of about thirty rhythms and dances, aptly referred to as “the dance of the strong men.” These are day-long feats of endurance by the strongest men of the village.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fadama: Song by Afroflute / Dave Kobrenski]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the village of Fadama, the ancient traditions of the Malinke People dance among the living and breathe fresh air each day. Here, stories and songs take the place of textbooks for passing down a rich oral history that spans centuries. It is the griots who keep this living history alive, and Fadama&#8217;s population is comprised largely of griot families. As such, this unassuming little village has long been renowned as a place of knowledge, and dedicated to the dissemination of oral histories through the collective work of countless generations of griots.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Video: Finding the Source in West Africa]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In this engaging mini-documentary, Dave Kobrenski shares his two-decade musical and artistic journey in West Africa. Under the tutelage of master musicians like Famoudou Konaté and Lanciné Conde, Dave became proficient in the djembé, Fula flute, and kamale ngoni. But the real lessons were far greater than that. Join Dave on his adventure into culture, healing, and the stories that inspired his latest book, &#8220;Finding the Source.&#8221;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 10:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Awo Dabolé]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Musical collaboration with Slovakian musician, Martin Balaj. This is a modern rendition of the traditional song Awa Dabolé.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lancine Conde Family Update]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Big thanks to everyone who offered their generous support for the family of my dear friend, Lanciné Conde, who passed away recently. Here is an update on how your donation has already been used, along with some information on the plan moving forward.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In the Studio: Afroflute]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today, I&#8217;m heading into the recording studio to give you a sneak preview of a track from the upcoming Afroflute album. Check it out!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kamalengoni]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The kamalengoni is a type of harpe-luth played originally by the Bambara people of the Wassoulou region of Mali. Here is its fascinating story.  (French and English)]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 2 Aug 2017 15:14:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kassa - the Malinke Harvest]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Video: For the Malinké people of Guinea, Kassa is the name of a family of rhythms and dances that accompany the work related to farming and harvest. The rhythms are played on the traditional djembe and dunun drums. Watch this video (with English translation) here.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 1 Aug 2017 15:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dembadon II]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This drawing is part two of the Dembadon series. The Dembadon is a pre-marriage festival for the bride-to-be that is quite common in Conakry, Guinea, accompanied by much drumming, singing, and dance. The djembe is the drum played with bare hands that typically plays the “solos” that interact with and speak to the dancers. A djembefola is “one who makes the djembe speak.”
Behind the djembe player in this drawing is also the dununba player. The djembes are always accompanied by three “dunun” drums (the bass drums played with a stick and that have a bell mounted on top). The dununba is the largest and deepest of the three dunun drums.
 This artwork is included in my book Drawing on Culture: An Artist’s West Africa Travelogue, which is available to purchase here.
Dembadon II: the Djembefola
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 11:58:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drawing on Culture]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In 2001 I first ventured onto the African continent as a wide-eyed white kid from New Hampshire who had, by a series of strange twists of fate, become very much involved in the music and culture of sub-Saharan Africa. Little did I know that this would only be the beginning of a larger adventure&#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:10:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dembadon I]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This drawing is part one of the Dembadon series. The Dembadon is a pre-marriage festival for the bride-to-be, and is quite common in Conakry, Guinea. The festival features much drumming, singing, and dance. At the Dembadon, the bride-to-be is honored, and it is a time for her to celebrate with friends and family, and, in some cases, say goodbye to them as she goes to start her new life with her new family.
In this drawing (part one of a three-part series), I&#8217;ve depicted the sangban player at a Dembadon festival. &#8220;Sangban&#8221; is the name of middle of three drums in the set of dununs (bass drums), and sangbanfola means &#8220;one who makes the sangban speak&#8221; &#8212; and is a generally compliment to the abilities and competence of the player!
In the capital city of Conakry, Dembadon festivals are an important part of how musicians earn an income playing traditional music. The musicians are fed before the event in a communal meal, and during the festivities, money is thrown to (or placed on!) the drummers and dancers, and is collected at the end of the festival to be split up equally by the musicians. Usually lasting several hours, the festivities are led by the exuberant singing of the griottes, accompanied by the full ensemble of drummers (djembe, dununba, sangban, and kenkeni drums). 
The music played during the Dembadon is usually in the family of Soli rhythms, but nowadays it is quite common to also hear rhythms in the dununba family &#8212; the dance of the strong men &#8212; and danced by everyone! 
 This artwork is included in my book Drawing on Culture: An Artist’s West Africa Travelogue, which is available to purchase here.
Dembadon I: the Sangbanfola
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Ecology of Change]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It’s time to participate in the “real world” again — the world of watersheds and forests, of biospheres and ethnospheres, of creating lives of meaning and purpose.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 4 Aug 2016 08:11:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dununba Dancer In Flight]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the Malinké tradition of West Africa, the Dununba is the &#8220;dance of the strong men&#8221;.
In a grueling and exuberant festival that can often last throughout the day, the Dununba dancers display their physical prowess while accompanied by the traditional djembe and dunun drums.
Here is the latest drawing from my series depicting Mandinka culture in West Africa: a dununba dancer hailing from the Kouroussa region of Guinea gets airborne!
 This artwork is included in my book Drawing on Culture: An Artist’s West Africa Travelogue, which is available to purchase here.
Dununba Dancer in Flight
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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2016 14:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[L’amitié (Friendship)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[“L’amitié est l’un des beaux cadeaux de la vie” &#8212; Friendship is one of the greatest gifts in life. Friendship is a universal thing. There’s something about visiting another culture, where the language and customs seem so different from your own, and seeing two friends walking together, hands interlocked and beaming with joy, to make you realize that we are all the same. 
I came across these young friends walking down one of the dusty paths in the village. Even though we did not speak the same language and had grown up an ocean apart, in some way I felt connected to them because I understood how friendship feels; it’s a feeling we can all experience and share. A real friend can make all your troubles seem small and the world feel brighter. “To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.” The people in this simple village have a great wealth of friendship and family. All the money and material possessions we have in the West pale in comparison.
 This artwork is included in my book Drawing on Culture: An Artist’s West Africa Travelogue, which is available to purchase here.
L&#8217;amitié (Friendship)
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ibrahim]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As part of an ongoing series of portrait drawings that I began during my 2016 trip to Guinea, West Africa, I present to you the latest drawing in the series, titled: Ibrahim et son petit-fils, featuring a friend of mine from a village near Kouroussa.
Ibrahim is a friend of mine from a small village in the Kouroussa region of Guinea. Something about him fascinated me. He had an aura of knowing something, or perhaps seeking to know something that was just beyond knowable. His eyes always held a faraway look, but also had a glimmer and a light. He’s lived quite the life, and told me many stories. He left the village when he was younger in search of work, and spent 15 years as a merchant marine, and saw the world…before returning home to the village to be with his family. He was worldly and kind; children always flocked to him.
 This artwork is included in my book Drawing on Culture: An Artist’s West Africa Travelogue, which is available to purchase here.
Ibrahim et son petit-fils
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2016 12:54:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[La Griotte II]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For the Malinké, dancing plays a very important role. Music exists for dancing; in fact the word for song, donkilo, is made up of the root words don (dance) and kilo (to call), so could be loosely translated to “come dance.” The music calls both young and old to participate in a joyful and healthy act of expression and joy. Here, a griotte woman shows her joy for the music at one of the many festivals that take place throughout the year. 
The drawing below is 14x17&#8221; pencil and graphite powder on bristol board, and was a great opportunity to do a portrait study and attempt to capture the personality and joy of a woman dancing in a village in Guinea, West Africa. Below, I outline some thoughts and challenges I encountered along the way. I hope you enjoy and find this useful!
 This artwork is included in my book Drawing on Culture: An Artist’s West Africa Travelogue, which is available to purchase here.
La Griotte II
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			<pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2016 13:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Le Vieux Fermier]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the villages in Guinea, much of daily life revolves around tasks related to subsistence farming. Rice, manioc, sweet potatoes, yams, and many other dietary staples are grown in the village. The work is hard, and it is not uncommon to see both young and old at work in the fields. Here, a man sorts through beans that will be sifted and then pounded with the mortar and pestle, and made into that evening’s stew…
Le Vieux Fermier is 14x17&#8221; pencil and graphite powder on bristol board, and depicts a farmer in a village in the Kouroussa region of Guinea, not far from the Niger River. This drawing had many challenges, as you will see below. Enjoy! &#8212; DK
 This artwork is included in my book Drawing on Culture: An Artist’s West Africa Travelogue, which is available to purchase here.
Le Vieux Fermier
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			<pubDate>Sun, 1 May 2016 15:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Belle Femme du Village]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[At festivals in the village, which were almost always accompanied by much drumming and dancing, the women of the village were always singing and playing their karignon — a hollow tube of metal tied to their finger and stuck rhythmically with a striker. Dozens of these bells played together by many women, with their joyous singing and the exuberant sounds of the traditional djembe and dunun drums, forms quite a powerful musical ensemble.
 This artwork is included in my book Drawing on Culture: An Artist’s West Africa Travelogue, which is available to purchase here.
Belle Femme Du Village
14x17&#8221; pencil on bristol by Dave Kobrenski]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:25:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How a 40,000 year old flute leveled the playing field]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sometime between 40,000 and 45,000 years ago, a group of early humans on a migration route out of Africa, along the corridor of the Danube River valley, carried with them a small but significant object: a flute. Carved from the bone of a griffon vulture, with…]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2016 08:58:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Indie Reader’s Review of Djoliba Crossing]]></title>
			<link>https://davekobrenski.com/blog/indie-reader-review-of-djoliba-crossing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[★★★★★ “Djoliba Crossing is an excellent and beautifully-crafted introduction to the world of Malinké music and dance, explaining its relationship to daily life and to ritual activity.” — Indie Reader (indiereader.com)]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
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