Description: A trio of the finest traditional griot musicians from Mali together with Western music’s most revolutionary string quartet has produced a landmark recording…
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World Circuit, the label that brought you Buena Vista Social Club and the great Malian artists Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate and Fatoumata Diawara, now brings you a new sound…
Ladilikan , the new album by Trio da Kali and Kronos Quartet, represents a landmark in cultural cross-fertilisation that both parties rank among the most satisfying musical experiences of their careers. David Harrington, Kronos’ artistic director and founder, enthuses that the album is "one of the most beautiful Kronos has ever done." On first hearing their griot grooves being played by violins, viola and cello, Trio da Kali’s musical director Fodé Lassana Diabaté said, "This is going to be the best coll
Da Kali means 'to give a pledge' – in this case to a musical heritage that dates back to the time of Sunjata Keita, founder of the great Mali empire in the early 13th century. The line-up of balafon (xylophone) bass ngoni (lute) and female singer is also based on ancient tradition, although the trio format and its repertoire is now an endangered species in contemporary Malian music.