Black Excellence: Abel Selaocoe
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5203031/abel-selaocoe-hymns-of-bantu
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe fosters dialogue across time and cultures in a new album
Strings and wood become harp and drum accompanying cellist Abel Selaocoe’s chants and throat singing in his new album Hymns of Bantu, out this month. It’s just one of the many ways he makes alchemy out of blended Western and African traditions.