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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

    Bassekou Kouyaté

    Miri

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    Bassekou Kouyaté

    Ba Power

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    Bassekou Kouyaté

    Jama Ko

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    Bassekou Kouyaté

    Segu Blue

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Top Tracks

  1.   Track
    Popularity
  2.   Miri by Ngoni Ba
  3.   Ngoni fola
  4.   Andra's Song
  5.   Kensogni by Ngoni Ba
  6.   Mali Koori by Ngoni Ba
  7.   Wagadou by Ngoni Ba
  8.   Ne Me Fatigue Pas by Ngoni Ba
  9.   Kele Magni by Ngoni Ba
  10.   Madou by Ngoni Ba
  11.   Sinaly by Ngoni Ba
  12.   Dankou by Ngoni Ba
  13.   Segu Blue
  14.   Segu tonjon
  15.   Bala
  16.   Lament for Ali Farka
  17.   Sinsani
  18.   Tabali te
  19.   Njaaro
  20.   Jonkoloni
  21.   Bassekou
  22.   Mbowdi
  23.   Juru nani
  24.   Siran Fen
  25.   The River Tune
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