Piers Faccini & Ballake Sissoko - Our Calling - NOF65

Piers Faccini & Ballake Sissoko - Our Calling - NOF65LP

Our Calling

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Cat No: NOF65

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Release Date: 14 February 2025

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Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 3700551786138

Genres: Folk Contemporary Folk

Release Date: 14 February 2025

Label: No Format

Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 3700551786145

Genres: Folk Contemporary Folk

Description

The New Duo Album byPiersFaccini&BallakeSissoko:Our Calling

Twodecadesaftertheirveryfirst collaboration, British-ItalianfolksongwriterPiersFacciniandMaliankoravirtuoso,BallakeSissoko returnwithamesmerizingalbum:Our Calling. Set for release inFebruary2025,thisfascinatingdialoguebetweenavirtuosoinstrumentalistat thepeakofhispowersand aninspiredsongwriterandwordsmith,succeedsincreatingnewsongformswithalightnessoftouchthatbridges continents andplayswithtradition.Throughtenexquisitelycraftedtracks, Our Callingisasonicand narrativepraisesongfor migration in allitsforms.Thetwofriends'sentirelyacousticdialoguewasrecordedin Parissidebysideand live in the studio over fivedays. Thealbum'soriginalityisthatitfeelsdeeplyMalianati smusicalcore, all thewhilebeingseamlesslyinfusedwithan essence of folksongwriting,sungin the Englishlanguage.
Recordedby Frederic Soulard (Shapesof theFall), the albumunitesanextraordinarycastofmusicians,includingVincent Segal,BadjeTounkara, and Malik Ziad.

Description

The New Duo Album byPiersFaccini&BallakeSissoko:Our Calling
Two decades after their very first collaboration, British Italian folk songwriter Piers Faccini and Malian kora virtuoso, Ballake Sissoko return with a mesmerizing album: Our Calling. Set for release in February 2025, this fascinating dialogue between a virtuoso instrumentalist at the peak of his powers and an inspired songwriter and wordsmith, succeeds in creating new song forms with a lightness of touch that bridges continents and plays with tradition. Through ten exquisitely crafted tracks, Our Calling is a sonic and narrative praise song for migration in all its forms. The two friends' entirely acoustic dialogue was recorded in Paris side by side and live in the studio over five days. The album's originality is that it feels deeply Malian at i s musical core, all the while being seamlessly infused with an essence of folk songwriting, sung in the English language.
Recorded by Frederic Soulard (Shapes of the Fall), the album unites an extraordinary cast of musicians, including Vincent Segal, Badje Tounkara, and Malik Ziad.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting