{"id":5060,"date":"2013-03-08T08:08:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T06:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=5060"},"modified":"2017-09-13T21:54:02","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T19:54:02","slug":"kora-and-cello-the-duo-ballake-sissoko-and-vincent-segal-fascinating-mix-of-african-and-european-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=5060","title":{"rendered":"Kora and Cello – The Duo Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal – Fascinating Mix of African and European Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some time ago the new CD “At Peace” by Ballake Sissoko<\/strong> and Vincent Segal<\/strong> has been presented on the “First Listen” page.<\/p>\n

I was immediately fascinated by this music, so I had to search for and listen to more music played by Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal.<\/p>\n

The duo had already played in a Tiny Desk Concert of the NPR – this is available as a video and shows both musicians very well. Two years ago the first CD Chamber Music<\/strong> had just been published.<\/p>\n

The music reminds me sometimes to baroque music for the lute with long and meditative parts like in the first part of Chamber Music. Other songs sound typically African.<\/p>\n

The cello is played with a bow mostly, but also plucked to play chords like a guitar and even used as a kind of percussion instrument. Vincet Segal does a great job in accompanying the kora and add his part to the music. He takes up the melodies from the kora and produces some incredible sounds on his instrument.<\/p>\n

This is the Tiny Desk Concert video (you can also watch this on the NPR site):<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.npr.org\/event\/music\/132889359\/ballake-sissoko-and-vincent-segal-tiny-desk-concert<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Ballake Sissoko And Vincent Segal: Tiny Desk Concert<\/h4>\n