Su Hart (born 3 September 1959) is a British musician, living in
Bath
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, UK, and vocalist of the band
Baka Beyond
Baka Beyond is a world music group formed in 1992 with members from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures, fusing Celtic and other western music styles with traditional Baka music from Cameroon.
Biography
Baka Beyond began in 1992, wh ...
which was formed in 1992, when she and her partner, guitar, mandolin and bouzouki player Martin Cradick (formerly of the group
Outback
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) travelled to south-east
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
to live with the
Baka tribe (hunter-gatherer Pygmies) in the rainforest and record their music. The band was inspired by the Baka,
"one of the oldest and most sensitive musical cultures on earth".
The Baka
The encounter with the Baka was to set their lives in a new direction.
"It was the amazing bird-like singing or yelli that first attracted me, ... The women get together before the dawn to sing, enchant the animals of the forest and ensure that the men's hunting will be successful. Song and dance are used by the Baka for healing, for rituals, for keeping the community together and also for pure fun"
She frequently travels to other countries to pick up musical influences.
Su Hart founded the Walcot State Choir in Bath in 2000 and has directed it since. As well as meeting regularly every Tuesday in term time, the choir has collaborated in cultural exchanges with the Ensemble Vocal Maitres Et Maitresses of
Auch
Auch (; oc, label= Gascon, Aush ) is a commune in southwestern France. Located in the region of Occitanie, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony.
Geography
Localization
Hydrography
The R ...
, France, and choirs in
Kaposvar which is twinned with Bath, and the Brunnenpassage Choir in
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In 2013, she helped to run the Shakti Sings Choir at the
Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contempo ...
, writing songs to raise ecological awareness.
References
External links
Baka Beyond1heart CharitySu Hart's website
English buskers
Living people
1959 births
People from Gateshead
Musicians from Tyne and Wear
English folk musicians
British world music musicians
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