Ballake Sissoko and Piers Faccini
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Ballake Sissoko and Piers Faccini Live in Somerville Get tickets now! $('#getTixButton').click(function() { fbq('track', 'Purchase', {currency: "USD", value: 0.00}); }); Doors open at 7:00 PM Show begins at 7:30 PM 'gentle, captivating work.... poetic songs soaked in nature imagery and beautifully married to Sissoko’s intricate, dazzling playing' - The Guardian Two decades after their first ever collaboration, British-Italian folk songwriter, Piers Faccini, and Malian kora virtuoso, Ballaké Sissoko, return with a mesmerizing album. This new and captivating musical dialogue — between a prodigious instrumentalist at the height of his powers and a gifted songwriter and wordsmith — deftly bridges continents and traditions, inventing new song forms. The seeds of Our Calling were first planted when Sissoko and Faccini met at Label Bleu in the early 2000s. Their friendship grew as they linked and explored uncharted paths between Manding traditions and folksong forms. With its t
