Beautiful album! Modern Cellist meets a West African Kora player for a unique recording.
Sometimes the most beautiful art comes from accidental meetings and unexpected inspirations.
Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal met by chance. Sissoko plays the traditional West African harp-like instrument called the kora. Segal was once a member of the French National Orchestra cello section.
They had no idea what might happen if they started jamming together — just the two of them with their contrasting instruments from divergent traditions. The result is music of quiet beauty — and a new album titled simply Chamber Music.
Sissoko’s roots are in Mali and the traditions of the West African griot — a kind of wandering historian, musician, poet and praise singer all wrapped into one. The art of the griot is passed down from generation to generation.
