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January 6, 2015 at 5:03 AM

A sparkling release from one of West Africa’s greats | New Recordings

Posted by Paul de Barros

Kassé Mady Diabaté, ‘Kiriké’ (Six Degrees)

This splendid, sparkling album featuring one of Mali’s great griots, whose family name will be familiar to anyone with even a casual interest in West African music, finds Kassé Mady Diabaté in the studio with an all-star cast: Ballaké Sissoko, kora (harp); Makan Tounkara, ngoni (lute); Lansiné Kouyaté, balafon (marimba); and — unusually — French cellist Vincent Segal.

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