Bassekou Kouyaté
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Biography
Master of the n'goni, the traditional Malian lute and probable ancestor of the banjo, Bassekou Kouyaté takes Malian music around the world. After playing with Toumani Diabaté and Ali Farka Touré, he released the album Segu Blue in 2007. For his second album, I Speak Fula in 2009, Bassekou Kouyaté was nominated for a Grammy Award. A member of the Afrocubism project in 2010, Bassekou Kouyaté performed with Paul McCartney and Damon Albarn on Africa Express in September 2012. Recorded in Bamako during the curfew that followed the ousting of President Toumani Touré in 2012, Jama Ko took on historic resonance in 2013. In 2015, Bassekou Kouyaté released the musically offensive Ba Power.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Miri by Ngoni Ba
- Ngoni fola
- Andra's Song
- Kensogni by Ngoni Ba
- Mali Koori by Ngoni Ba
- Wagadou by Ngoni Ba
- Ne Me Fatigue Pas by Ngoni Ba
- Kele Magni by Ngoni Ba
- Madou by Ngoni Ba
- Sinaly by Ngoni Ba
- Dankou by Ngoni Ba
- Segu Blue
- Segu tonjon
- Bala
- Lament for Ali Farka
- Sinsani
- Tabali te
- Njaaro
- Jonkoloni
- Bassekou
- Mbowdi
- Juru nani
- Siran Fen
- The River Tune
