Ballaké Sissoko & Piers Faccini
Union Chapel, N1 2UN , [Venue Details]Two decades after their first ever collaboration, British-Italian folk songwriter, Piers Faccini, and Malian kora virtuoso, Ballaké Sissoko, return with a mesmerising album: Our Calling.
Set for release in February 2025, this new and captivating musical dialogue — between a prodigious instrumentalistat the height of his powers and a gifted songwriter and wordsmith—deftly bridges continents andtraditions, inventing new song forms.
The seeds of Our Callingwere first planted when Sissoko and Faccini metat Label Bleu in the early 2000s. Their friendship grew as they linked and explored uncharted paths between Mandé traditionsand folksong forms. Sissoko was a guest on Faccini's second solo album Tearing Skyin 2005. In 2020,their exchanges found inspiration under the label Nø Førmat!, when Sissoko invited Faccini to sing “Kadidja" in the Bambara language on his acclaimed album Djourou, and later with “The Fire Inside”.
With its ten finely crafted tracks,Our Callingis a sonic and narrative praise song for migration in allits manifestations: seeds borne by the winds; Nightingales flying between West Africa and Europe atthe turn of the seasons; humans, across the centuries, and along trade routes, sharing musicalpractices and rhythms.
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Admission: £30.94
Event Type: seated
Seating: Unreserved
Performer name: Ballaké Sissoko, Piers Faccini
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Age restriction: 16+ (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult)
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Two decades after their first ever collaboration, British-Italian folk songwriter, Piers Faccini, and Malian kora virtuoso, Ballaké Sissoko, return with a mesmerising album: Our Calling.
Set for release in February 2025, this new and captivating musical dialogue — between a prodigious instrumentalistat the height of his powers and a gifted songwriter and wordsmith—deftly bridges continents andtraditions, inventing new song forms.
The seeds of Our Callingwere first planted when Sissoko and Faccini metat Label Bleu in the early 2000s. Their friendship grew as they linked and explored uncharted paths between Mandé traditionsand folksong forms. Sissoko was a guest on Faccini's second solo album Tearing Skyin 2005. In 2020,their exchanges found inspiration under the label Nø Førmat!, when Sissoko invited Faccini to sing “Kadidja" in the Bambara language on his acclaimed album Djourou, and later with “The Fire Inside”.
With its ten finely crafted tracks,Our Callingis a sonic and narrative praise song for migration in allits manifestations: seeds borne by the winds; Nightingales flying between West Africa and Europe atthe turn of the seasons; humans, across the centuries, and along trade routes, sharing musicalpractices and rhythms.
Admission: £30.94
Event Type: seated
Seating: Unreserved
Performer name: Ballaké Sissoko, Piers Faccini
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Age restriction: 16+ (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult)
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