Tag: Ballaké Sissoko

• More stunning musicianship from Mali’s Ballaké Sissoko – Nø Førmat! share new video from ‘Djourou’ album – with Segal and Messina helping to pay tribute to composer, Hector Berlioz

  Enlighten yourselves and listen to another track from the Djourou album by Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko – here on Jeu Sur La Symphonie Fantastique, Ballaké is joined by cellist and collaborator Segal, with clarinettist Messina, for a re-working of the Berlioz piece of the same name. Suggested by the Berlioz Festival to mark the…

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  April 28, 2021

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  Ballaké Sissoko, Berlioz Festival, classical music, Djourou, Hector Berlioz, Jeu Sur La Symphonie Fantastique, kora, Mali, Messina, Nø Førmat!, Segal

• Ballaké Sissoko & Sona Jobarteh release ‘Djourou’ – the Malian kora master teams up with one of the leading players from The Gambia – the title track from his new album, out April on Nø Førmat!

  Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko releases the title track of his forthcoming 11th album today – Djourou is due for rescheduled release on April 9, via Parisian label Nø Førmat! – home to Oumou Sangaré, Blick Bassy, Mélissa Laveaux. Title track Djourou – available now as a single release – sees Sissoko duet with leading female kora…

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  February 17, 2021

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  African legend, Ballaké Sissoko, Blick Bassy, Camille, cellist, Djelimady Sissoko, Ensemble Instrumental Du Mali, France, French, Ghana, Laurent Bizot, Ludovic Einaudi, Mali, Mali’s National Orchestra, Mandinka, Mélissa Laveaux, Nø Førmat!, Nouvelle Vague, Oumou Sangaré, Oxmo Puccino, rapper, Salif Keita, Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabate, Vincent Segal