Music from Korea – Jimi Hendrix vs Gayageum – Voodoo Chile

The gayageum or kayagum is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings, although more recently variants have been constructed with 21 or other numbers of strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument

Music from DR Congo – Nico Kasanda

Nico Kasanda, born in 1939 in Belgian Congo, was a pioneer of soukous music. He’s also known as Docteur Nico. In the young age of 14, he started playing in the group ‘Le Grand Kallé et l’African Jazz’ and became an influential guitarist, as a  meeting with Jimi Hendrix shows. He already died in 1985 in Belgium. Listen to his piece “Zadio”:

Music from the US – Jimi Hendrix

“Hej Joe ” one of the countless hymns from this great musician James Marshall „Jimi“ Hendrix  (* 27. November 1942 in Seattle, Washington; † 18. September 1970 in London)

Today it´s his 70th birthday , but he joined too soon the club 27 , died at the age of 27 in London.