Oumou Sangaré and Bela Fleck – review

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThree years ago, Béla Fleck extended his already considerable musical range with an intriguing album, Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions, the result of the virtuoso banjo-player's travels across the continent, during which he recorded with the Malian diva Oumou Sangaré. He has taken that collaboration further with a concert that provided further proof of Fleck's instrumental genius, but never the subtle experimental collaboration that might have been expected.It...

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