Friday Night Nice: Toumani Diabaté, Nico Mulhy and London Symphony Orchestra

<p> When you bring together one of the kora’s most versatile players and ready collaborators, a world-class symphony riding high off a collaboration with another varied if unexpected talent, and one of the most famous composer-arrangers in the composing-and-arranging game today, what do you <em>expect</em> is going to happen? If you guessed “they’ll make a delicate work of nigh-unsurpassable beauty” you would be correct. <br> </p> <p>Check out “Elyne Road,” the latest track from Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming album, with arrangements by Nico Mulhy:<br> </p> <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Aoz_1RfjhkM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> <p><br> If only our medical professionals weren’t so busy, we could find out if this release really does lower blood pressure as I suspect it does. Regardless, the full-dosage of relaxation, the album <em>Kôrôlen, </em>is out on April 23 via World Circuit Records <a href="https://worldcircuit.lnk.to/korolenID">and can preordered here.</a></p>