Ablaye Cissoko is a kora musician from Senegal. His show is called "Le Griot Rouge" (named after his second album) sounds about the legend of the man who has created the kora. During this performance, Ablaye Cissoko transmits with smoothness, grace and intelligence the values of a generous tradition and sings with sincerity the peace and the respect of the other. He usually plays all around the world. His tours passed through Portugal, France, Belgium, Senegal, Mali, Canada, Germany, Norway, Russia.
His newest album "SIRA"[2] is a duo with trumpeter Volker Goetze [3] and has received raving reviews and peaked in January 2009 on CMJ's world music radio charts. The album is now #5[4] on CMJ and still rising.
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