Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
Bassekou Kouyate with Ngoni Ba
Saturday 31 May 2008 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
Lucy Duran introduces a profile of Malian musician Bassekou Kouyate, a double winner in the 2008 Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Including concert highlights with his band Ngoni Ba recorded at the Festival on the Niger in Segou, as well as a riverside session with Bassekou's mother Yakare Damba, one of Mali's iconic singers.
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WORLD ROUTES
Presented by Lucy Duran
Produced by Roger Short
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
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Saturday 31 May 2008, 3:00pm
Garana Villagers: Bara Dance Song (2.23)
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba:
Bassekou (3.51)
Dounia (9.25)
Recorded 2 February 2008 at the Festival on the Niger, Segou, Mali
http://www.festivalsegou.org/
Interview: Lucy Duran and Bassekou Kouyate (4.45)
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba: Ngoni fola (6.07)
Recorded 2 February 2008 at the Festival on the Niger, Segou, Mali
Interview: Lucy Duran and Bassekou Kouyate (3.02)
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba: Jonkoloni (8.04)
Recorded 2 February 2008 at the Festival on the Niger, Segou, Mali
Bazoumana Sissoko: Jonkoloni (1.15)
album: Le Vieux Lion II
Musiques du Monde ML6761 (vinyl LP)
Interview: Lucy Duran and Yakare Damba (4.05)
Yakare Damba is Bassekou's mother
Yakare Damba: Da kali (the mouth swears) (3.26)
Yakare Damba (vocals); Bassekou Kouyate (ngoni/vocals); Modibo Kouyate (ngoni)
Recorded on location in Garana
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba: Denmessew (small children) (9.58)
Recorded 2 February 2008 at the Festival on the Niger, Segou, Mali
Bassekou Kouyate (ngoni); Amy Sacko (vocals); Daly Kouyate (ngoni); Fousseyni Kouyate (ngoni); Oumar Barou Kouyate (ngoni); Alou Coulibaly (calebasse); Moussa Bah (bass ngoni); Moussa Cissoko (percussion)
http://www.myspace.com/bassekoukouyate
Bassekou, Ngoni fola and Jonkoloni can be heard on the album Segu Blue (Out Here Records OH 007)
http://www.outhere.de/
Read a review of the album
Bassekou Kouyate is the winner in the Africa and Album of the Year categories of the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music
More details
He will be appearing at the World Music Celebration at the BBC Proms on Wednesday 30 July
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