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For the third time in their career, the man and woman, a couple in real life, took the stage at the Balattou club last Thursday. We knew what to expect, as their albums give a good idea of the sound and atmosphere, which are well respected live. A few new songs were offered, those that are most likely to be found on a future album (we don&#8217;t know when yet). Sousou had actually promised us this in the interview she gave me before the concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/nuits-dafrique-sousou-et-maher-cissoko-lamour-de-la-kora-et-par-la-kora-interview-entrevue-montreal\/\"><strong>READ THE INTERVIEW WITH SOUSOU CISSOKO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The two artists are life and music partners, and you can tell. The looks are sincere, imbued with love and tenderness, but not ostentatiously so, as if to hammer the point or play a part. No, it&#8217;s just something that one detects and feels. This energy is carried by and within the music, always with equal energy, like a companion to the stroll through the time and space of the African griots&#8217; world. A few pieces stir the air of the Balattou a bit more, but it remains essentially music that caresses, that does not seek to outdo urgency and excitement. Music that feels incredibly good in a time of frankly exhausting ambient stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A music that, by its very nature, but also thanks to its authentic and inspiring pair of performers, border-crossers and bearers of humanism, fills us with hope and optimism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The concert by Sousou and Maher Cissoko, a Senegalese-Swedish guitar\/kora\/vocal duo, had a benevolent and entirely appropriate vibe. 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