QA - Rootsworld.com - In addition to his signature guitar work and his gritty, deeply rooted vocals, he is joined by Demba Dia on hoddu (a thick-sounding lute-like instrument), Noumoukunda Cissoko on kora, Bada Seck on percussion, second guitarist Abdoulaziz Seck and Pathé Jassi on bass (the only concession to the electric cord on the album) and the chorus of Ozabel Gonzales and Cathy Renoir. Their long tour together welded them into a formidable ensemble that makes this his most fully realized sound to date.