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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>New Music From Haruna Ishola and his Apala Group on Calabash Music</title><description></description><link>http://calabashmusic.com</link><item><title>Apala Messenger</title><description>&lt;img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/54368/harunacd.jpg'&gt;Ishola's music is considered very powerful. Ishola adapted and stuck to a strong traditionalist approach, citing both Yoruba proverbs and Koranic scripture in his songs, and introducing no Western instruments into his musical lineup. Ishola would sit when performing, surrounded by several talking drummers, shaker and bell, and a chorus of singers. Also central to his sound was the agidigbo, a hollow lamellophone (thumb piano), both plucked and struck to create a hypnotic ostinato at the center of the apala sound.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:55:10 -0500</pubDate><link>http://harunaishola.calabashmusic.com/#album_54368</link></item></channel></rss>
