Project Description
THE DARKNESS BETWEEN THE LEAVES
Alba Griot Ensemble
2018
World Music Network & Riverboat Records
Produced by David Odlum
An unusual combination of 1960s-style folk with the ambience of jazz and the gorgeous jangling counterpointof ngoni and kora.
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“a thoroughly impressive project, hopefully just a first installment.” Global a Gogo
“a slow-burning polyphonic guitar trance in conversationwith the n’goni like a Bambara-inflected Pentangle” Financial Times (4/5)
“tender twang and a seamless, international blend of styles. Stunning, softly spectacular” Pop Matters (8/10)
”an unusual combination of 1960s-style folk with the ambience of jazz and the gorgeous jangling counterpointof ngoni and kora” Sydney Morning Herald
“a charmingly fresh and bluesy set” The Guardian
“textured stringed-instrument magic, poetic songwriting and murmuring harmony vocals…soothing, meditative and exquisitely beautiful.” Songlines (4/5)
“The strings are graceful, the vocals wistful and the final product is a thing of complex bliss” Radio Nigeria One