“If another album comes along this year which fuses two
acoustic instruments from theoretically gulfs-apart traditions
in such a wonderfully successful, natural, joyful way, then
it's going to be a vintage twelvemonth indeed.”
Ian Anderson/fRoots
“The duo of violinist Ellika and kora player Solo Cissokho
is
one of those teams made in heaven, like Dave Swarbrick
and Martin Carthy, or Staphane Grappelli and Django
Reinhart. Put simply, it is the appeal of a plugged string
instrument in harmony and counterpoint with a bowed
one, of chords and melody, of rhythm and blues. Then
there is the sound of two cultures meeting, not with
clash
or compromise, but to respect and complement each other.”
