Ablaye Cissoko, Volker Goetze's lyrics & chords

It would seem that a Senegalese griot singer who plays the traditional West African 21-stringed kora would have little to discuss musically with a German-born, New York-based jazz trumpeter. But today’s cross-cultural fusions often transcend both geography and genre, and whether it was fate or design that brought together Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze, it is we who are the beneficiaries. On the recent album "Sira," on ObliqSound, a stunning collection of 10 utterly matchless and profoundly inspirational tracks paint a direct line between t...read more