Since the release of their albums Adouna (2008) and Stockholm-Dakar (2011) they have toured in Scandinavia, South Korea, Senegal, Mali, Tanzania and South Africa, performing at events such as Way Out West, Peace & Love Festival, Gwanju World Music Festival, Sauti za Busara Festival, Festival Sur Le Niger, and have been supporting big-name artists including Toumani Diabate, Bassekou Kouyate and Amadou & Mariam. They have performed several times in Swedish and Senegalese National Television and Radio.
自专辑《Adouna》(2008年发行)和《Stockholm-Dakar》（2011年发行）问世之后，Sousou & Maher Cissoko开始在世界各地巡演，包括斯堪的纳维亚半岛、韩国、塞内加尔、马里、坦桑尼亚以及南非，参与的音乐节包括"Peace & Love Festival, Gwanju World Music Festival, Sauti za Busara Festival, Festival Sur Le Niger"等等，同时还多次在瑞士和塞内加尔国家电视台和广播电台表演。
Maher Cissoko was born into a legendary griot family in Casamance, Senegal, that has seen the art of kora playing being passed from generation to generation through more than 700 years. Maher has embellished this tradition and developed his own explosive and danceable style.
Maher Cissoko出生于塞内加尔一个音乐世家，而科拉琴也在这个家族演绎了近700多年的历史，Maher Cissoko继承了这一传统并发扬了自己独特的风格。
Sousou Cissoko, a singer from Sweden is one of few female kora players in the world. She fell in love with the kora at an early age and travelled to The Gambia aged only 19 to study the West African Mandinka traditions. Since then she has travelled many times in West Africa to study kora, singing and guitar.
Sousou Cissoko是一名瑞典歌手，同时也是为数不多的女性科拉演奏家之一。她很小就热爱科拉琴，19岁的时候更是只身一人到冈比亚学习西非曼丁文化（科拉琴演奏、演唱技巧、吉他演奏）。
The foundation in the kora musical tradition is to constantly renew and find your own way, and that’s literally what Sousou & Maher are doing. In 2011 they drove all the way from Stockholm to Dakar, a trip that became the inspiration for new songs and the ability to see connections where others see boundaries.
每个科拉琴演奏家都可以在科拉音乐中找到自己的风格，并且常演常新，这也是科拉音乐的传统，Sousou & Maher也不例外。2011年Sousou & Maher从斯德哥尔摩（瑞典首都）自驾到达喀尔（塞内加尔首都），这一段旅程给了他们新的灵感，并且成就了专辑《 Stockholm to Dakar》的发行。
Sousou & Maher have been nominated for several recognition music awards, including Newcomer of the Year 2010, Band of the Year Nominee 2011 and Album of the Year Nominee 2012 in Sweden’s World Music Awards. For their achievements they have also been awarded City of Stockholm’s Cultural Grants and been supported by the Swedish Arts Council and Swedish Arts Grants Committee.
Sousou & Maher多次获得瑞典世界音乐大奖，包括2010年最佳新人、2011最佳乐团提名、2012年度最佳专辑提名。基于他们在音乐上的贡献，他们还获得了斯德哥尔摩城市文化基金、瑞典艺术协会以及瑞典艺术基金委员会的支持。
Maher & Sousou Cissoko 's album 'Africa Moo Baalu' has just won the national Swedish Music 'Manifest' Award for ‘Best Folk Album 2015’, the awards ceremony can be seen here. Sousou & Maher accepted their award from Senegal as the awards were being televised live from Stockholm’s Restaurant Nalen on Feb. 6th 2015.
Sousou & Maher’s album was released for worldwide distribution through ARC Music in Feb. 2014 and soon reached #1 position on Pennsylvania's New World Buzz Charts ahead of Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ziggy Marley, Seun Kuti, Tinariwen, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.
2015年2月6日，Maher & Sousou Cissoko最新专辑——《Africa Moo Baalu》（非洲巨人）荣获 Swedish Music 'Manifest' Award“2015最佳民谣专辑”大奖，而这张专辑在2014年通过ARC Music发行之初就迅速攻占Pennsylvania's New World Buzz Charts榜首的位置，领先Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ziggy Marley, Seun Kuti, Tinariwen, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté and Sierra Leone's Refugee等世界音乐领域的巨星。
文章来源：http://www.sousoumaher.se/
翻译整理：王赏
