Seckou Keita’s latest album ’22 Strings’ is his first ever solo album and is also one of our Featured Albums of the Month on Folk Radio (read our review here). The Senegalese kora player and griot recently recorded a video interview in which he provides a valuable insight into the album including the significance of the songs and his kora playing. Watch it below:
22 Strings is Out Now via Arc Music
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Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
May 29 – Hay Festival, Hay, United Kingdom
Jun 11 – ETHNO PORT FESTIVAL, Poznan 2015, Poznan, Poland
Jun 21 – Christiansfeld Festival, Tønder, Denmark
Jul 02 – Forde Festival, Forde, Norway
Aug 29 – Sommerton Festival, Diersfordt, Germany
Aug 31 – Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Seckou Keita (with support from Gwyneth Glyn)
Oct 04 – Derby Folk Festival