Everything inspiring, getting us closer to our heart...
Tout ce qui peut nous inspirer, nous rapprochant de notre coeur...
Ceux que Vincent respecte et considère comme ses maîtres parce qu'ils lui on appris comment et pourquoi faire la musique (the ones that Vincent takes as his masters because they taught him how and why we make music) Sadio Cissokho:my first teacher (mon premier maître); Dialy Mady Sissoko (dialyco@hotmail.com), celui qui m'a tout appris au Mali (the one who taught me everything in Mali);Toumani Diabaté:le maestro des maestros (maestros' maestro) ;
Siobhan Armstrong, Simon Chadwick,Ann Heymann, Andrew Lawrence King :les joueurs de harpe ancienne irlandaise (the early irish harp players) et leur classe d'été (and their summer school) early irish harp summer school;Issa Ouattara, un musicien de génie encore méconnu en dehors du Mali (a genious musician not yet known outside Mali); Daouda Dembélé le grand bassiste de Faladié (the great bass player from Faladié); Amadou Diabaté de Kolda celui qui dit toujours la vérité (the one who always says the truth), Nathalie qui a inspiré ma musique depuis le début (who inspired my music from the beginning), Damien et les white nots qui m'ont aidé à croire en moi (who helped me believe in me); Alice qui m'a amené à croire en mes compositions (who helped me trust in my compositions), et aussi toutes les influences destructrices qui me poussent à continuer (and also all destructive influences that drive me to continue)...
Hey Vincent! Good to hear from you. Please put some cool photos up here of your beautiful Kora. And more samples to listen to... very lovely! Róisín xx
Hey! thanks very much for getting in touch. Very etherial music. I'm looking forward to seeing you in Kilkenny next year. I hope your sojourn in India is good. Slán, Brenda
