The traditional meaning of the word “ballad’ implies a tale or narrative, and while there is no story as such being told here, I found myself thinking of the two performers as co-travelers in a terrain – or like two equal dance partners – and the music as sometimes like a song they “sing” together, sometimes a landscape they cross, sometimes a mood, sometimes a monologue, and sometimes a fine line they trace. In the end, it is really a ballad about the two instruments, and the way I hear them together.