STRANDED HORSE

« He plucks cascades of twinkling notes from a 21-string kora, and his studiously subdued vocals, in French and English, now suggest the timeless tunes of some travelling medieval troubadour, rather than the prenatal blues of West Africa, a move north newly supported by suitably sparse string accompaniment. The Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko throws a fluttering coda over Shields, raising a bar that Tambour almost reaches himself in the extended closer, Halos, all visionary declamations and potent silences » SL, The Sunday Times - THE SUNDAY TIMES

"Tambour has played alongside Malian musician Ballaké Sissoko, and "Humbling Tides" marks a clear improvement in aptitude and scope. "Shields" and "Jolting Moon" put the instrument in the service of gentle, haunted songs, but he's now more aware of its formal properties, embarking on wonderfully intricate melodic tangents." L. Pattisson, Uncut ****  - Uncut

"Yann Tambour's unique kora / guitar / vocal songwriting idiom was written largely in Bristol and recorded in Normandy, nort-west France. Bringing subtle but significant musical modes and cultures together, he's a bold and graceful artist." - Songsline