Food from the AKA Trio for Cardiff ears, hearts and minds, as well as, feet

Seen & Heard International

Food from the AKA Trio for Cardiff ears, hearts and minds, as well as, feet

An ensemble made up of acoustic guitar, kora and miscellaneous percussion may not be anything like as unimaginable as it would have been a few years ago, but it is far from familiar even now. Yet, given that each instrument was played by an acknowledged master – the guitar by Italian Antonio Forcione (who has played with many luminaries, from Charlie Haden to Catrin Finch, Angelique Kidjo to the Soweto Choir), the kora by Seckou Keita from Senegal (he, too, has worked with Catrin Finch, the Cuban pianist Omar Sosa and the Irish accordionist Sharon Shannon, inter alia) and the percussion by the Brazilian Adriano Adewale (who has been based in London for some time and is a ubiquitous figure there) – and add to that the knowledge that these three have played together, on and off for some 20 years, and the prospect became very enticing. They did not disappoint, to put it mildly.

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