Rendez-vous with Lucas Keen for an appointment to meet the little boat shaped lute played across the West African Sahel since the time of Mansa Musa. Hear the story of the djeli n’goni, get the job description for a griot, and learn where this iconic instrument which is the...
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In a time of unrest for one of the most historic countries in the world, music and arts have kept Mali connected to its past. Bassekou Kouyate, one of the great ngoni players, answered some of our questions on his musical heritage, the power of music and what he hopes...
![Preview: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba @ Subterania [London; Sunday 27th January 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bassekousubte-335x471.jpg)
Malian legend Bassekou Kouyate leads his band Ngoni Ba at Subterania to play his new album and to carry on his lifelong ambition to share and promote the West African instrument, the ngoni. Subterania, a small venue in West London, welcomes one of the world’s best ngoni players. Bassekou Kouyate...
![Album Review: Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Miri [Outhere Records; 25th January 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bassekoumiri-335x335.jpg)
Musical genre; the most common contention between genre labelling and the music itself. Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba really hit the nail on the head with this next album, Miri. Although not in an authentic sense but rather a sonic excursion into what is real, it is centred on issues...
27/01/2019 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Miri -Tour 2019 Subterania, London
27/01/2018 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba Subterania, London
Let’s bring our clocks and calendar pages forward, just enough to reach the 20th of June, where, at the Royal Albert Hall, Jubilee will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Aga Khan cultural and civic commitment with an inspiring night of music. The show, produced by Serious, together with the...
20/06/2018 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm Jubilee! With Kronos Quartet, Bassekou Kouyaté & AKMI Masters Royal Albert Hall, London
The concept behind the AfroCubism collaboration is to celebrate and unite some of Mali and Cuba’s hottest musicians and to explore their shared spirit of Afro-Cuban soul. In the Sixties, socialist Mali politics had close links to those of the new communist Cuban government, creating strong ties between the two...