Bassekou Kouyate knows exactly what his place is in this world, and he knows where he came from and where he wants to go. That existence is inseparable from the instrument he plays, the ngoni. It is ...

Malian musician Bassekou Kouyate is a master of the ngoni, a small stringed instrument that’s something of a cross between a lute, a mandolin and a banjo….[in March] he brought his band and their ...

Few West African musicians have done as much as Bassekou Kouyaté to take the ngoni, an ancient West African string instrument, to the wider world. Born in Garana in 1966, Kouyaté first wowed ...

Bassekou Kouyate is a musical wizard and one of Africa's most innovative bandleaders. He plays the ngoni, the traditional lute from Mali that dates back hundreds of years and is the musical forebear ...

Traditions often die. More often than not, the family business ain't what it used to be. Bassekou Kouyate is one of the exceptions. Kouyate is a griot, one of the world's original troubadours. The ...

Providing a snippet of the making of Ba Power, the John Bosch-shot teaser shows Kouyaté in his hometown of Bamako as he records his new LP in his son Mamadou’s studio. Throughout the clip, which plays ...

“To all the rock 'n' rollers of the USA, I'm coming in February, 2010!" That's Malian maestro Bassekou Kouyate with a heads-up well worth heeding. A virtuoso picker and musical visionary whose work ...

There are more general reasons for the supremacy of Malian music, including its accessible, bluesy sounds and the fact that Francophone African music has always had a boost through Paris, the most ...

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Rhythm Planet host Tom Schnabel visits MBE to share some magnificent Malian music from Bassekou Kouyaté and Les Ambassadeurs. (10am) Rhythm Planet host Tom Schnabel visits MBE to share some ...

The West African spike lute or “ngoni” has a history dating back to the 14th century, but Malian griot Bassekou Kouyaté has built a reputation for pushing the ancient instrument into fresh new ...