- Bassekou Kouyate
Bassekou Kouyate (born in 1966 in
Garana ) is a musician fromMali . His band is known as Ngoni Ba. He was born inGarana ,Barouéli Cercle , 60 kilometres fromSégou in 1966 Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: [http://www.geocities.com/fbessem/frames/art_kouyate_bassekou.html Bassekou Kouyate] ] . At the age of 12, he started playing Ngoni instrument. In the late 80's he moved to capitalBamako Fly Global Music, Marc 10, 2007: [http://www.flyglobalmusic.com/fly/archives/africamiddle_east_features/bassekou_kouyate.html Bassekou Kouyate - Blue Like a River to a Desert] ] .Kouyate's album "Segu Blue" was released in 2007 internationally by
Out Here Records . The album was produced byLucy Duran x] . He has also appeared on number of albums byToumani Diabaté x] . He has performed in several of European countries x] .His wife
Amy Sacko is also a musician, who is also part of his band x] . His fatherMustapha Kouyaté was a ngoni player and his mother Yagaré Damba a praise singer x] .Awards
*2008 -
BBC3 Awards for World Music - Album of the Year & African Artist of the Year [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2008/winners.shtml BBC3 Awards for World Music winners 2008] ] .References
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5327/is_200801/ai_n21301408 More from Mali: Review] .
African Business , January 2008.
* [http://www.mali-music.com/Cat/CatB/BassekouKouyate_En.htm mali-music.com: Bassekou Kouyaté. The prince of the strings] . 15 January 2004.External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/bassekoukouyate Myspace profile]
* [http://www.outhere.de/index.php?goto=r7 Out Here Records]
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