Toumani Diabaté, Sidiki Diabaté

'The ensuing exquisite, delicate instrumental featured rapid-fire solos from Toumani, with Sidiki at first providing gently rhythmic backing before effortlessly taking the lead himself'
The Guardian

'Born a griot, die a griot!' says Toumani Diabaté. Griots are the musical repositories of Mali's customs and culture, and Diabaté - born into a leading griot family - has elevated traditional Malian music into a major force in world music through his genius on the kora, the 21-stringed West African harp.

Acclaimed as Africa's finest instrumentalist and the winner of two Grammy Awards, Diabaté now teams up with his 22 year-old son Sidiki for a programme of kora duets based on their new album Toumani & Sidike (released on World Circuit Records in April 2014).

Sidiki is the latest generation of his family to continue the griot tradition; in this stunning display of instrumental virtuosity, you can see the griot baton being handed down the generations, as it has for centuries.