What’s New?
New
CD!
Heartstring Theory
Released 6/19/16
Solo kora, recorded live in Berkeley, California during the winter / spring of 2015.
Click on the cover image
to listen and purchase.
Read the
By Banning Eyre for
Afropop Woldwide
“I love this CD! …super chilled and great to hear the kora being used in a totally new way - open, fresh and not bound by tradition. Every now and then somebody comes along with the conviction to just play!”
- Derek Gripper
New
CD!
Music for Dance
Released 10/12/2017
All music was improvised, played solo and recorded live while playing for Contact Improvisation Jams.
Click on the cover image
to listen and purchase.
Worthy of Note:
My last CD was featured on the Afropop Worldwide website and reviewed by
Banning Eyre.
“...What is so impressive about Hughes’ work is the way he has absorbed so much of the stylistic language of Mande kora music, and yet freed himself to compose within the idiom… it is confident, original, and above all, highly musical.”
- Banning Eyre, Afropop Worldwide
NewVideo
The Story of Mali Sadio
Released 1/18/2021
My adaptation of a traditional song and story from Mali West, Africa.
Click image to watch on YouTube
What’s New?
New
CD!
Heartstring Theory
Released 6/19/16
Solo kora, recorded live in Berkeley, California during the winter / spring of 2015.
Click on the cover image
to listen and purchase.
Read the
By Banning Eyre for
Afropop Woldwide
“I love this CD! …super chilled and great to hear the kora being used in a totally new way - open, fresh and not bound by tradition. Every now and then somebody comes along with the conviction to just play!”
- Derek Gripper
New
CD!
Music for Dance
Released 10/12/2017
All music was improvised, played solo and recorded live while playing for Contact Improvisation Jams.
Click on the cover image
to listen and purchase.
Worthy of Note:
My last CD was featured on the Afropop Worldwide website and reviewed by
Banning Eyre.
“...What is so impressive about Hughes’ work is the way he has absorbed so much of the stylistic language of Mande kora music, and yet freed himself to compose within the idiom… it is confident, original, and above all, highly musical.”
- Banning Eyre, Afropop Worldwide
NewVideo
The Story of Mali Sadio
Released 1/18/2021
My adaptation of a traditional song and story from Mali West, Africa.
Click image to watch on YouTube
What’s New?
New
CD!
Heartstring Theory
Released 6/19/16
Solo kora, recorded live in Berkeley, California during the winter / spring of 2015.
Click on the cover image
to listen and purchase.
Read the
By Banning Eyre for
Afropop Woldwide
“I love this CD! …super chilled and great to hear the kora being used in a totally new way - open, fresh and not bound by tradition. Every now and then somebody comes along with the conviction to just play!”
- Derek Gripper
New
CD!
Music for Dance
Released 10/12/2017
All music was improvised, played solo and recorded live while playing for Contact Improvisation Jams.
Click on the cover image
to listen and purchase.
Worthy of Note:
My last CD was featured on the Afropop Worldwide website and reviewed by
Banning Eyre.
“...What is so impressive about Hughes’ work is the way he has absorbed so much of the stylistic language of Mande kora music, and yet freed himself to compose within the idiom… it is confident, original, and above all, highly musical.”
- Banning Eyre, Afropop Worldwide
NewVideo
The Story of Mali Sadio
Released 1/18/2021
My adaptation of a traditional song and story from Mali West, Africa.
Click image to watch on YouTube
What’s New?
“I love this CD! …super chilled and great to hear the kora being used in a totally new way - open, fresh and not bound by tradition. Every now and then somebody comes along with the conviction to just play!”
- Derek Gripper
New
CD!
Music for Dance
Released 10/12/2017
All music was improvised, played solo and recorded live while playing for Contact Improvisation Jams.
Click on the cover image
to listen and purchase.
Worthy of Note:
My last CD was featured on the Afropop Worldwide website and reviewed by
Banning Eyre.
“...What is so impressive about Hughes’ work is the way he has absorbed so much of the stylistic language of Mande kora music, and yet freed himself to compose within the idiom… it is confident, original, and above all, highly musical.”
- Banning Eyre, Afropop Worldwide
Next Concert:
Afrocentric Voices
in Classical Music
June 2nd, 2024
Clemmons family Farm, Charlotte, VT
