3.8.13: Sierra Leonean Musician Sorie Kondi

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It all started with a YouTube video.  One day, an American traveling in Sierra Leone West Africa happened across a blind musician on the street.  The man was playing an instrument called the kondi, and the American was intrigued.  He recorded the musician, posted the video on the web, and soon musicologists around the world were watching in amazement.  Sierra Leonean musician Sorie Kondi ended up on an unlikely on an international tour, and when he passed through Baltimore last fall, he shared his music and his story with The Signal’s Aaron Henkin…