“Beja Power!” is an instrumental album, but it tells the story of the Beja community.

Full name of this album is “Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast” – its authors are masters of Beja music and come from the city Port Sudan, the capital of the eastern state of Red Sea.

Noori & His Dorpa Band is a sextet led by tambo-guitar player Noori, who’s accompanied by Naji (tenor sax), Gaido (bass), Tariq (guitar), Fox (congas) and Danash (tabla), and they’re fascinated with local and regional music – Sudanese, Ethiopian, Tuareg – but they clearly know what’s being played in other parts of the world.

“Beja Power!” is an instrumental album, but with sounds, it tells the story of the Beja community and its struggle for “recognition and access to the gold wealth of their own soil”.

Stream “Beja Power!” on Bandcamp.