Nonesuch releases a new collaboration with its longtime partner, Nick Gold, former head of World Circuit Records, in the first of a series of releases: Malian balafon player Neba Solo and donso n’goni player Benego Diakité’s A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking, co-produced by Gold, Ousmane Haïdara, and Sonny Johns.

With this release, Neba Solo and Benego Diakité, long known as “musicians’ musicians” in Mali, step into the spotlight, joining a long line of their fellow Malians who have received worldwide attention over the past several decades – including Salif Keita, Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté, Oumou Sangaré, Tinawiren, Songhoy Blues, Amadou and Mariam, Rokia Traoré, and Fatoumata Diawara – many of whom have worked with World Circuit and/or Nonesuch Records in the past.