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Maher & Sousou Cissoko
4+ albums
west africamaliafrika
about
Through expressive singing and the rhythmically rocking kora repertoire from Casamance, spiced up by drumming, Maher and Sousou hope to bring this beautiful West African music closer to you. Their repertoire consists of both traditional and original songs, which are created with one foot in tradition and the other foot in the present. Maher Cissoko was born to be a kora player and has developed his own danceable kora style. Sousou Cissoko was captured by the sound of the kora and is now one of very few female kora players in the world. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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# Worth Your Attention This recording presents an uncommonly generous exploration of kora music from Casamance, a region whose musical traditions rarely receive international attention. What distinguishes the work is its deliberate balance—the musicians honor ancestral repertoire while composing new pieces that feel organically rooted rather than artificially modernized. Maher's rhythmically propulsive kora style and Sousou's distinctive voice, reinforced by sympathetic drumming, create an inviting entry point for listeners unfamiliar with the instrument. More significantly, their collaboration represents a quiet expansion of who gets to shape this tradition: Sousou's presence among the world's rare female kora players suggests a living
