Joy and Sunshine

JOY & SUNSHINE It was the music of Joy by the AKA Trio, three men from Senegal, Italy and Brazil whose lilting play was the gracious gift, through kora, guitar and the softest percussion, of the exhilarating sound of sunshine “Does it sound like springtime?” she asked, “No way”, I said “Like summer?” she asked, looking at me with a face that suggested a simple inquiry, speaking in a voice sounding like a morning that would last all day I sat for a moment listening to the music and looking at her and then: “Honey”, I said, “It sounds more like the way that I feel every day that I’m living with you, not simply like the spring or the summer or any season, but like the enchanted, elusive essence of grace that even sunshine, given a chance to decide, would love to become! The AKA Trio is Antonio Forcione (guitar), Seckou Keita (22-string kora) and Adriano Adewale (percussion). Joy is their debut album.