Congratulations to the entire team who have managed to capture airwaves of the world with the release of the latest single from her highly anticipated new album due out early next year. BBC Radio 6 Ceres Matthews shared a dedication by Natu sent from Conakry. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_6music
Press Release:
Powerhouse Guinean Singer Natu Camara Releases
A New Single about Love, Friendship and Respecting
Musical Traditions ‘CINKO MINA’
Artist: NATU CAMARA
Single: Cinko Mina
A reworking of the song ‘Wouloukoro’ by
Bembeya Jazz with new lyrics and
arrangement by Natu Camara
Track Length: 3:59
Languages: Malinke and English
Genres: West African jazz, Guinea, World
Music, Afro-beats, Jazz
Label: Natuwenta Productions
Release date: 22 Nov, 2024
Supported by the NYC Women’s Fund for
Media, Music, and Theater
Natu Camara is both an inspired and inspiring musician. Doubly blessed with exceptional
musical talent and drive, Natu Camara successfully manages personal success as a much
loved and well-respected musician and mentor in NYC’s global musical family, while
keeping a firm grip on bridging tradition with community needs. As the Director of the
popular annual festival Harlem Meets Africa music festival, Natu is bringing communities
together through music. She also directs the Dimedi Foundation team that assists orphaned
children in her homeland of Guinea in West Africa.
Natu Camara is poised to her new global music single ‘Cinko Mina’, co-created with her
close associate, Guinean star musician Sekou Bembeya Diamond Fingers from Bembeya
Jazz – one of the most significant Afro-beats Guinean bands. Sung in Malinke and English,
Natu creates a beautiful blend of Guinean global grooves, traditional jazz on ‘Cinko Mani’.
Performed in English and Malinke, Natu’s craft and the inspiration of the track clearly comes
through from the opening bars of this fairytale poem about the nostalgia of lost love.
As Natu says in her own words of ‘Cinko Mina”,
“I really wanted to sing this song to celebrate our legends, to celebrate Bembeya Jazz, the
legendary Guinean band of musicians who were well recognised but now have grown older
and many of them have passed already. This is for me a way to celebrate them, to say thank
you for your art and thank you for keeping the Guinea legacy by just singing this song. I am
very thankful for my deep friendship and respect for Sekou Bembeya…he loves this new
version of this song and honoured me by saying it is the best rendition yet. This collaboration
with Sekou has been a true celebration of artistry, past and present.”
Raised as a West African in Guinea, Natu Camara has carved her name in NYC. As the
founder of the popular annual festival Harlem Meets Africa, Natu works tirelessly to create
events that promote African heritage and culture with contemporary relevance. Regular high
profile media appearances such as Tiny Desk NPR, Afropop Worldwide, abc7ny, abcnews
and abc NYC, Natu’s music and messages are being heard widescale.
This new collaboration ‘Cinko Mina’ between Guinean powerhouse singer Natu Camara and
Bembeya Jazz Guitarist Sekou Bembeya Diamond Fingers, is a special track of friendship
and love while showing a healthy respect for honouring musical traditions.
‘Cinko Mani’ has been supported by the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music, and Theater
releases ahead of Natu’s 2025 album, ‘Lumiere’.
‘Cinko Mani’ releases internationally on 22 Nov 2024.
‘Cinko Mina’ Production Credits
Lyrics by Bembeya Jazz and Natu Camara
Producers: Koudou Attanass / Natu Camara
Recorded: in Guinea and New York
Sound Engineer for single:
Koudou Attanass / Bassy Bob
Mixing & Mastering: Bassy Bob (Los Depressos)
Engineered + mixed by Bassy Bob
Recorded between Guinea and New York
Supported by the NYC Women’s Fund for Media,
Music, and Theater
Musicians on Cinko Mina
Natu Camara – Vocals
Sekou Bembeya Diamond Fingers from
Bembeya Jazz - Guitar and Hawaiian guitar
(Guinea)
Maestro Maitre Barry of Guinea-Saxophonist
Kayode Kuti- Bass
Graham Hawthorne- Drum and percussions
Moh! Kouyate - Electric Guitar
Jonathan Crayford - Pianist
Oran Etkin: Clarinets
Creative Direction:Jamie Ambler
Single artwork: by James Marsh
Management: Natuwenta Productions
Booking Agency: Midnight Mango
UK + Europe: Conrad Bird
Portugal: Luís Bandeira Pinut Agency
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