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Latest News:
April 2010: Sorie Kondi has been seen at LP Studio in Freetown working on a new album. The album is being produced by Fadie Conteh, and should be released by the end of the year.
November 2009: Sorie Kondi played at the Country Lodge, a hotel at Hill Staton in Freetown, for the first time. The performance was filmed by a television crew and was featured on the Vickie Remoe Show, an arts & entertainment television program on SLBS-TV.
November 2009: Sorie Kondi's music was featured on the November 1st edition of Music Time in Africa, a program produced by Matthew Lavoie and broadcast by the Voice of America throughout Africa on FM and shortwave. Mr. Lavoie praised Sorie as a musical genius, read English translations of his lyrics, and played two of his songs: "Nor Fala" from MOSL, vol. 3 and "Politicians" from the Without Money, No Family album.
October 2009: Sorie Kondi has built himself a new kondi, and it was fitted with a Barcus Berry "Insider" piezo pickup. Thanks to N. Scott Robinson for the pickup recommendation.
June 2009: Sorie Kondi and his neighbors received imminent eviction notices from their landlord. Unfortunately most of them had nowhere else to go, and were unable to comply with the notices. The Sierra Leone police later raided the compounded, and threw out all residents' possessions indiscriminately. As a result, Sorie Kondi lost his furniture, kondi, minidisc recorder, and over 100 CDs and cassettes that he was hoping to sell.
April 2009: The song "Without Money, No Family" was remixed by Chief Boima and then included on German DJ Tim Turbo's "Under Ghetto Palms" mix tape. The tape was then posted at http://www.thefader.com/2009/4/29/ghetto-palms-exclusive-tim-turbo-blend-lexie-lee-douster-sorie-kondi/
November 2008: Sorie Kondi's music is now available as a digital download from iTunes, amazon.com, last.fm, and other popular online music stores.
July 2008: LinkTV, a television channel available on digital satellite providers, has expressed interest in the video for "Without Money, No Family." The video will be aired during their music video block of programming. Since being posted to YouTube in July 2007, the video has been viewed over 14,000 times and has earned a 5 star rating.
May 2008: Sorie Kondi has acquired a minidisc recorder and learned to record himself with it. He had long hoped for a recording device to use as a compositional tool, and a Sony MZR-30 was presented to him at his home in Freetown. Blindness did not seem to be much of an impediment in learning to use it. After thirty minutes of hands-on instruction, Pa Sorie was recording, stopping, and playing back some new songs on his couch.
April 2008: Sorie Kondi's "Without Money, No Family" album is now available worldwide. It was released on compact disc by EarthCDs, and can be purchased by clicking on the album cover on the [Music] page on this website.
April 2010: Sorie Kondi has been seen at LP Studio in Freetown working on a new album. The album is being produced by Fadie Conteh, and should be released by the end of the year.
November 2009: Sorie Kondi played at the Country Lodge, a hotel at Hill Staton in Freetown, for the first time. The performance was filmed by a television crew and was featured on the Vickie Remoe Show, an arts & entertainment television program on SLBS-TV.
November 2009: Sorie Kondi's music was featured on the November 1st edition of Music Time in Africa, a program produced by Matthew Lavoie and broadcast by the Voice of America throughout Africa on FM and shortwave. Mr. Lavoie praised Sorie as a musical genius, read English translations of his lyrics, and played two of his songs: "Nor Fala" from MOSL, vol. 3 and "Politicians" from the Without Money, No Family album.
October 2009: Sorie Kondi has built himself a new kondi, and it was fitted with a Barcus Berry "Insider" piezo pickup. Thanks to N. Scott Robinson for the pickup recommendation.
June 2009: Sorie Kondi and his neighbors received imminent eviction notices from their landlord. Unfortunately most of them had nowhere else to go, and were unable to comply with the notices. The Sierra Leone police later raided the compounded, and threw out all residents' possessions indiscriminately. As a result, Sorie Kondi lost his furniture, kondi, minidisc recorder, and over 100 CDs and cassettes that he was hoping to sell.
April 2009: The song "Without Money, No Family" was remixed by Chief Boima and then included on German DJ Tim Turbo's "Under Ghetto Palms" mix tape. The tape was then posted at http://www.thefader.com/
November 2008: Sorie Kondi's music is now available as a digital download from iTunes, amazon.com, last.fm, and other popular online music stores.
July 2008: LinkTV, a television channel available on digital satellite providers, has expressed interest in the video for "Without Money, No Family." The video will be aired during their music video block of programming. Since being posted to YouTube in July 2007, the video has been viewed over 14,000 times and has earned a 5 star rating.
May 2008: Sorie Kondi has acquired a minidisc recorder and learned to record himself with it. He had long hoped for a recording device to use as a compositional tool, and a Sony MZR-30 was presented to him at his home in Freetown. Blindness did not seem to be much of an impediment in learning to use it. After thirty minutes of hands-on instruction, Pa Sorie was recording, stopping, and playing back some new songs on his couch.
April 2008: Sorie Kondi's "Without Money, No Family" album is now available worldwide. It was released on compact disc by EarthCDs, and can be purchased by clicking on the album cover on the [Music] page on this website.
"My people left me in town to go hide in the bush..."