Seckou Keita Music
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita at Lakeside Arts Centre 2021
Nottingham Lakeside Arts
University Park
Nov 24, 2021
7:00 PM GMT
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The Atlantic Ocean separates Cuba and Senegal, the respective birthplaces of piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and kora maestro Seckou Keita, a distance diminished by their shared ancestral connection to Africa. When the pair met in 2012, Seckou loved Omar for his musical spirituality, whilst Omar saw in Seckou a rare ability to collaborate but not lose his identity. Their debut album Transparent Water (2017) was hailed as ‘beautiful, rhapsodic… spiritual’ (Songlines) and ‘mesmerising, evocative and sophisticated’ (World Music Central).
Sosa has released over 30 albums during an incredible career that has included nominations for seven GRAMMY or Latin GRAMMY awards; Keita is a multi-award winner, most recently as the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year (2019). Recorded during lockdown and released in October 2021, Sosa and Keita’s second album SUBA is a hymn to hope, to a new dawn of kindness and real change in a post-pandemic world, a visceral reiteration of humanity’s perennial prayer for peace and unity. Joining Omar and Seckou in the studio and for live performances is the inimitable Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles.
Sosa and Keita deliver a work that variously ebbs, flows and sparkles." ★★★★ Jane Cornwell, Jazzwise
A powerfully elegant statement of joy over shared musical discovery." Felix Contreras, NPR
A pure expression of joy, emitting rays of light through sounds." ★★★★ Dan Bilawsky, AllAboutJazz
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"breathtaking finger-work & musicianship "New Statesman
"Intriguing" Guardian ****
A “ gem” Jazzwise ****
“Kora that rocks” Montreal Gazette
"The Hendrix of the Kora" Music News
With a big African Heart, virtuoso Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita is not to be confined to any one genre, dipping comfortably in and out of jazz, classical, Flamenco, with sometimes hints of rock and reggae. He takes us on a musical journey of imagination and human emotions. His superb musicianship, dexterity and diversity has transported audiences from any walk of life to places they had never imagined they would go.
Read More"Intriguing" Guardian ****
A “ gem” Jazzwise ****
“Kora that rocks” Montreal Gazette
"The Hendrix of the Kora" Music News
With a big African Heart, virtuoso Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita is not to be confined to any one genre, dipping comfortably in and out of jazz, classical, Flamenco, with sometimes hints of rock and reggae. He takes us on a musical journey of imagination and human emotions. His superb musicianship, dexterity and diversity has transported audiences from any walk of life to places they had never imagined they would go.
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