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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Kate Solomon and Laura Snapes

Add to playlist: Céline Dessberg’s harp evokes Hollywood and home – plus the week’s best new tracks

Céline Dessberg.
Playful … Céline Dessberg. Photograph: Helene Tchen

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Perhaps you are listening to a lot of Mongolian-French harp music featuring hauntingly beautiful Mongolian-language vocals about the natural treasures of the Earth, in which case Céline Dessberg will be old news to you and you can move along. For the rest of us though, she’s a revelation. Taking inspiration from all aspects of her heritage, you’ll find traces of Buddhism, the Mongolian countryside, Chet Baker and David Byrne woven through her songs in a sound that’s classic, old as the hills and refreshingly new all at once.

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