We end the week with a report on what may be the world's mellowest title fight. It was held in 2013 to determine which is the best plucked multi-stringed instrument. The proceedings were captured on an album called "Clychau Dibon".
In the red corner representing Wales - Catrin Finch on the Welsh triple harp.
In the blue corner representing the Casamance region of Senegal and latterly Nottingham - Seckou Keita on the kora.
After a hard fought contest Ms Finch won on string countback (the triple harp's 75-100 strings massively outnumbering the kora's 21-25) but most judges felt there was nothing between them in terms of quality. Clychau Dibon won multiple awards and was described by one eminent reviewer (me) as the plucking equivalent of the Thriller in Manila.
The two selected tracks clock in at 8 and 7 minutes respectively so any devotees of the cult reading this may prefer to wait until Monday before listening to them.
"Les Bras De Mer" - Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
"Robert Ap Huw Meets Nialing Sonko" - Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
1000 Violins then put themselves forward as the next challenger. They should really be disqualified on a number of grounds - only 4 strings per violin, bowed not plucked etc - but after some genius matched them up with the Chinese Cultural Revolution Ballet I had to include them.
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