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TRIO DA KALI AND KRONOS QUARTET LadilikanWorld Circuit WCD093


The Kronos Quartet, by their very nature, have rarely been given to repeating themselves. They press on. Ladilikan is an intense new collaboration (it began tak- ing shape in 2012) which is totally different to the groundbreaking Pieces Of


Africa. That was an anthology of nine short stories from musician-composers such as the Nubian Hamza El Din, Zimbabwe’s Dumisani Maraire, Gambia’s Foday Musa Suso and South Africa’s Kevin Volans. Co-produced by Nick Gold, Lucy Durán and David Harrington, Ladilikan is a deep immersion in applied griot culture from Mali.


Trio Da Kali came about through an Aga


Khan Trust For Culture initiative. Fodé Las- sana Diabaté (balafon), Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté (lead vocals) and Mamadou Kouyaté (ngoni) collectively have become a force to be reckoned with in their own right. The con- junction of them and the Kronos’ Hank Dutt (viola), David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin) and Sunny Yang (cello) is solid gold wonderment. This album also tells griot truths with gospel trimmings inspired by Mahalia Jackson. Translated into Mali’s Bamana language, the centrally positioned God Shall Wipe All Tears Away is a paramount example. People will latch onto it for many reasons. The fact that Kronos appar- ently have broken down the original organ part’s accompaniment between them (though ped ants might whisper harmonium) is one very good one. Ladilikan (Words Of Advice) itself has as its springboard Jackson’s 1955 recording of Rev TA Dorsey’s I’m Gonna Live The Life I Sing About In My Song. Telling- ly, Trio Da Kali has personalised and re-con- textualised it in a Malian setting. Ladilikan is a match made in heaven. A visionary project.


www.worldcircuit.co.uk Ken Hunt


FOLK’AVANT Gryningsland Nordic Notes NN089


A Swedish-Finnish trio, fid- dle, concert kantele and three exquisite voices that draw on their respective tra- ditions but use them as a springboard for their own compositions. What they create is something hushed and breathless, even in the


moments it becomes more upbeat, but the real joy is the seamless vocal interplay and the way the two instruments weave around each other, with deft, inspired little touches in the arrangements that make this minimal- ism seem like something much bigger. For a debut it’s astonishingly complete. Every move is assured, every note just right, and the silences speak as loudly as any instru- ment. There’s plenty of beauty here, as in Jag Minns or the delicious Ljusmontör, but every track has its moments, often many of them. The three voices work softly yet pow- erfully together, the true linchpin of the group, yet where the two instruments carry everything, there’s no lack of melody or quiet joy. Sometimes albums come along that softly demand you stop, pay attention, and listen closely. Far more rarely, albums come along that stop time completely for as long as they’re playing. Soon the clocks will start ticking again.


www.folkavant.com Chris Nickson


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