In 1970 some of Mali’s greatest kora players, including Sidiki Diabaté and Djelimady Sissoko, came together to make Ancient Strings, a groundbreaking album credited with introducing the kora to the world. Thirty years later their sons Toumani Diabaté & Ballaké Sissoko united once again for New Ancient Strings, a blissful, serene kora album whose beauty lies in the timelessness of tradition and the power of restraint.