One of the advantages of living in a village with a refurbished community venue (an early design by Christopher Wren) whilst there is a subsidised music programme called Centre Stage in the midlands is that you can get to see world class musicians appear a short walk from home.
Seckou Keita falls into that category being a leading kora player. The kora is an astonishing instruments with two many strings to count (well OK I counted 22 on his but that is just the single necked kora - he also plays a double necked one). It sounds like a cross between a harp and a guitar and the music just cascades from blurred fingers.
He and his band went down a storm in front of sixty or seventy privileged locals. During the gig I found out that he was playing five miles away in Asby the following day so we took that in as well.
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