Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal: Chamber Music | World music review

(No Format)It's no insult to describe Ballake Sissoko as the second best (and second best-known) kora player in both Mali and the world, for he is a master musician who is eclipsed only by his close friend and neighbour Toumani Diabate, with whom he recorded that celebrated series of duets, New Ancient Strings. Like Diabate, he's a griot whose music is steeped in ancient west African traditions, and he's also a brave innovator, as shown by this exquisite set recorded with the French cellist V...

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