Ba Balance

Ba Balance are Danish blues-rock guitarist Preben Carlsen and West African percussionist Sal Dibba, and the title of this hard-rocking album refers to a sacred pond containing some 80 crocs in the Gambian fishing town of Bakau on the country's Atlantic coastline, where Dibba grew up. Both have played together in various bands over the years and worked with Dawda Jobarteh, Toumani Diabaté, Tony Allen and Bassekou Kouyaté among others.