Arriving is about both arriving to perform and beginning a new journey, full of a buzzing yet restrained anticipation as to what might unfold. Nii Noi bows and plucks the strings of his own smaller and much quieter version of the ‘ngoni harp/lute’ accompanied by mainly the strings of the piano and percussion
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from Sketches of Africa (2016),
released August 23, 2016
Nii Noi Nortey: ngoni harp/lute. David Panton: piano. Mark Sanders: drums and percussion.
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