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Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko: Our Calling review – voice and kora duo’s gorgeous songs of longing
This nightingale-inspired collaboration is a perfect fit for the singer-songwriter and the kora virtuoso
Malian kora master Ballaké Sissoko and British Italian songwriter Piers Faccini are both inveterate collaborators (and labelmates) who have previously guested on each other’s records. It’s a gentle, captivating work, its poetic songs soaked in nature imagery and beautifully married to Sissoko’s intricate, dazzling playing. One Half of a Dream is impatient to go, blown along by Sissoko’s gusting kora, while Mournful Moon and North and South are steeped in desert blues.
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