Album lore

Momi Maiga’s 2022 release Nio, issued by Microscopi, presents ten tracks rooted in the kora tradition, woven with threads of Latin and Spanish harp idioms. The album’s featured track, “Kumo,” exemplifies Maiga’s deft plucking, bridging West African string instruments with broader Mediterranean influences. Recorded in a setting that privileges acoustic clarity, the record’s ten pieces—among them “Denano,” “Mansani,” and “Casamance”—trace a lineage of harp craftsmanship that resists easy categorization.Though modest in its reach, with just over two thousand listeners on Last.fm, Nio stands as a quiet signal in the global harp canon. Maiga’s playing carries the resonance of her heritage while engaging with a wider, transatlantic palette, a detail that collectors and crate-diggers attentive to kora and harp will find rewarding. The album’s subtle interplay of rhythms and timbres marks it as an artifact worth revisiting for those seeking the finer intersections of traditional string work.

Album lore

Momi Maiga’s 2022 release Nio, issued by Microscopi, presents ten tracks rooted in the kora tradition, woven with threads of Latin and Spanish harp idioms. The album’s featured track, “Kumo,” exemplifies Maiga’s deft plucking, bridging West African string instruments with broader Mediterranean influences. Recorded in a setting that privileges acoustic clarity, the record’s ten pieces—among them “Denano,” “Mansani,” and “Casamance”—trace a lineage of harp craftsmanship that resists easy categorization.Though modest in its reach, with just over two thousand listeners on Last.fm, Nio stands as a quiet signal in the global harp canon. Maiga’s playing carries the resonance of her heritage while engaging with a wider, transatlantic palette, a detail that collectors and crate-diggers attentive to kora and harp will find rewarding. The album’s subtle interplay of rhythms and timbres marks it as an artifact worth revisiting for those seeking the finer intersections of traditional string work.