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A great album. Deserves a listen.

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My example.

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Uploaded by OFFICIAL SALIF KEITA CHANNEL on 2013-11-21.

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Ratliff's example.

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Haq Ali Ali Mula Ali Ali Manqabat by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Ali imaam-e-manasto manam Ghulaam-e-Ali hazaar jaan-e-giraamii fidaa-e-naam-e-Ali Haidariam qalandaram mastam bandaa-e-Murtaza Ali hastam peshvaa-e-tamaam virdaaram ke sage kuu-e-sher-e-yazdaanam Kabhii diivaar hiltii hai, kabhii dar kaaNp jaataa hai Ali kaa naam sun kar ab bhii Khaibar kaaNp jaataa hai Shaah-e-mardaaN Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali Maula Ali Patthar pe alam deen

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The point Ratliff made that resonated with me the most was in his statement that, "... we don't need to know what the words of a song mean or out of what tradition the song is operating, to adduce a spirit of devotion." We hear and identify a musical element and we just know that an emotion is being conveyed. This I agree with and can say is most evident in his example, "Haq Ali Ali Moula Ali". Nusrat's low volume and slow tempo has the power to make the audience feel like they're in a trance. Although the song is in Arabic, a language I am not familiar with, I can feel the passion conveyed through his vocals. Another comparable example oftransmission is "Folon" by Salif Keita. The song is also in a language unfamiliar to me, yet the tone conveys feelings of sorrow and loneliness because it resembles crying. Even the the sudden fluctuations in volume resemble heavy sobbing and yearning for something. That is the power of transmission.

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As you might've guessed from the title, our discussion is over musical transmission and what emotion a performer intentionally or unintentionally transfers to the audience through his or her own unique creative elements. That is the definition of transmission in a nutshell. Ben Ratliff, author of "Every Song Ever" might add that, "It's all in the tone... the most human part of music, the carrier of emotion." The artist's vocal or instrumental manipulation and delivery has an effect on us. The effect is determined by our interpretation of its sound.