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Bassekou Kouyaté and his band Ngoni Ba burst upon the African and world music scene a few years ago, winning top world music awards and winning the hearts and minds of African music fans everywhere.

Growing up in the West African country of Mali, Bassekou Kouyate recalls the tradition of the Ngoni running through the veins of his culture since he was a child. An instrument dating back nearly ...

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba is a fabulous Malian ngoni ensemble that combines Afro-beat with the African blues of the Bambara people. The West African lute, the ngoni, is the key ancient instrument in ...

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 ...

World music fans who like to tap their feet during a concert may be challenged to keep up with the complex layers of rhythm produced by the African ensemble Ngoni Ba, led by Mali native Bassekou ...

There is a quartet of great shows coming to LA in February, artists who don’t tour the US that often, or may tour but bypass LA entirely. Here is a list of upcoming shows not to be missed. 1. Bassekou ...

Malian musician Bassekou Kouyate comes from a musical lineage that can be traced back for centuries. He grew up in a family of griots — storytellers — that once entertained royalty. His ancestral ...

There's so much great music coming out of the West African nation Mali, from the enchanting vocal interplay of the blind couple Amadou & Mariam in the south to the swirling, sizzling guitar trails ...