I met her by the river

"Stylistically there would seem to be more of the sound of his famous forebears in this album than in his previous, "Transitional Times", and this is particularly noticeable in the superb "Karung Folo" but also in "Sidi Yella". It is noticeable when he is interpreting traditional pieces that he is somehow gentler and more contemplative in his kora playing than the previous two generations but then his life has been that of a performer with a PA rather than one who had to make himself heard acoustically at events in compounds ... There is a sudden change when we get to the penultimate track where he switches to the electric kora with wah-wah and we are reminded that Dawda earns his living as a musician touring Europe and America playing the sort of music to please a large western audience. Then he wraps up the album with his solo kora take of Adele's "Hello". It was, however, quite difficult to get to the end of the album with fingers stretching for the repeat button every time track 6 was reached; the superb delicacy of the solo Malian piece "The Red Desert" is exquisite".