Ballaké Sissoko

So the piece you've chosen-

Was composed by Toumani Diabaté with Ballake Sissoko, and it's called Bilambam.

[kora music]My heart soars when I hear this, this lustrous sound, and it's, it just, I find it just transports me.

And I, I hope our listeners, some of whom will know about the kora, and some of them who don't, will think, "Oh, that's magnificent."