Accompanied by a singer and two percussionists (roulèr, doumdoum, congas, djembé etc), Christine Salem chants-with a voice almost raucous but utterly bewitched-an inspired maloya (a compound rhythm on which plantation workers have long been singing their joys and woes on the island of La Réunion) rooted in the Afro-Madagascan and Indian Ocean heritage. Emotion and reserve combined to heal souls.