Senegalese musician Diabel Cissokho is part of the great line of Cissokho griots. His musical pedigree is exceptional. International  tours with his family’s band Bannaya led to a long stint as Baaba Maal’s kora player and tours with acclaimed musicians Kandia Kouyate, PeeWee Ellis, Omar Pene, Cheikh Lo and Youssou N’Dour.

Now well established in the UK, Diabel’s virtuosic talent has been welcomed everywhere from WOMAD and Glastonbury to London’s Barbican, where he performed alongside Femi Kuti, Cheikh Lo and Manu Dibango.

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London Gig Guide (December 2019)

At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some…

Artists: ∵n∀v∩∴ , Afriqoui , Arteria Fm , Diabel Cissokho , Dub Pistols , Freek , Kasai Masai , Kongo Dia Ntotila , Mamadou Diabate , Mozão , Mulatu Astatke , Natty Campbell , Neue Grafik Ensemble , Parov Stelar , Skylla , Sourakata Koite , Yama Warashi , Young Paris

Album Review: Diabel Cissokho -Tambacounda Express [Kafou Music, 1st July 2016]

It’s not often I can say that reviewing an album made my day, but in the case of Senégalese multi-instrumentalist Diabel Cissokho’s latest release, Tambacounda Express, it certainly did! The album, which, as Diabel affirmed during a chat we had at Womad UK this Summer, takes its name from the…

Artists: Diabel Cissokho