Today we’ll be joining the Malian kora master Toumani Diabaté for a concert in Istanbul. A bit late to inform but still if you see this one and you want to hear some sacred African music, you have to make it to CRR @ 20:00. Also featured is Malian diva Oumou Sangaré who’ll be releasing her new album Seya on Nonesuch soon. Here’s a taste thanks to our friends @ World Circuit.

‘Seya’ is Oumou’s first album in six years and critics have been raving about it: “a masterpiece” Observer Music Monthly, “The return of the Queen” MOJO, “Africa’s premier diva restates her prominence” Uncut, and “If Aretha Franklin had grown up in Bamako, she might have sounded something like this” BBC Music