Ablaye Cissoko & Kiya Tabassian from the ensemble Constantinople Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
Episode 204 features an interview with Kiya Tabassian from the early music ensemble Constantinople. This polished 3 piece band are playing music influenced by music from the Persian Court but their curiosity and enthusiasm for collaboration and improvisation has seen them working with a long list of trans global musicians, including the Senegalese Kora virtuoso, Ableye Cissoko. Together Ablaye and Constantinople have recorded 2 albums, the most recent called Traversées, released in 2019
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Anandi Bhattacharya
Pluviophile’s Dance’
Anandi Bhattacharya
Joys Abound
Riverboat
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Denkilo
Tabassian, Cissoko
Traversées
Ma Case
Derek Gripper & Mike Block
Chiwo
Derek Gripper, Mike Block
Sat Morning in Boston
New Cape, Derek Gripper
Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker
Sony
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Poisson Au Fond De L'Ocean
KiyaTabassian, Ableye Cissoko
Jardin Migrateurs
Ma Case
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Traversées
KiyaTabassian, Ableye Cissoko
Traversées
Constantinople, Kora and ko
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Lountang
KiyaTabassian, Ableye Cissoko
Jardin Migrateurs
Ma Case
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Denkilo
KiyaTabassian, Ableye Cissoko
Traversées
Constantinople, Kora and ko
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Before the Rain
KiyaTabassian, Ableye Cissoko
Jardin Migrateurs
Ma Case
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Départs
KiyaTabassian, Ableye Cissoko
Traversées
Constantinople, Kora and ko
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Vers isfahan
KiyaTabassian, Ableye Cissoko]
Traversées
Constantinople, Kora and ko
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Fleuve (Fleuve Saint Louis)
KiyaTabassian, Ableye Cissoko
Jardin Migrateurs
Ma Case
Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder
Diarby
Ali Farka Touré
Talking Timbucktoo
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