Name Bassekou Kouyate Music group Ngoni ba Parents Mustapha Kouyate | Spouse Ami Sacko (m. 1996) Role Musician | |
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Albums Segu Blue, Ba Power, I Speak Fula Similar People Eliades Ochoa, Lobi Traore, Howard Bilerman, Bela Fleck, Joe Boyd Profiles | ||
Bassekou kouyate ngoni ba full performance live on kexp
Bassekou Kouyaté (born in 1966 in Garana) is a musician from Mali. His band is known as Ngoni ba.
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- Bassekou kouyate ngoni ba full performance live on kexp
- Bassekou kouyate ngoni ba jama ko 2013
- Discography
- Filmography
- Awards
- References
He was born in Garana, Barouéli Cercle, 60 kilometres from Ségou in 1966. At the age of 12, he started playing the Ngoni. In the late 1980s he moved to the capital Bamako.
Kouyaté's debut album Segu Blue was released internationally in 2007 by Out Here Records and distributed in the U.K. by Proper Music Distribution. The album was produced by Lucy Durán. He has also appeared on a number of albums by Toumani Diabaté and has performed in several European countries. In 2010, Kouyaté has been on tour with Béla Fleck.
Kouyaté's wife, Amy Sacko, is also a successful solo artist and sings lead in his band. His father Mustapha Kouyaté was a ngoni player and his mother Yagaré Damba was a praise singer.
Kouyate, together with wife Sacko and Ngoni Ba, appeared at The 2013 Proms.
Bassekou kouyate ngoni ba jama ko 2013
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