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Mali Blues
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
| Mali
Booking-Agent:
Oliver Arnold
+49 30 261032928
oa@f-cat.de
“Bassekou Kouyate is Mali’s latest superstar” **** The Guardian (UK)
“...dynamic stage presence that exploded with glorious combinations of the ngoni.” El Mundo (Spain)
“I've heard the future: and it's name is Bassekou Kouyate...” Mingus Formentor, La Vanguardia (Spain)
“The live performance of Bassekou Kouyate’s album, Segu Blue was thrilling.” Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)
“Bassekou was the best artist of our festival definitely” Rob Lokin – Festival Director, AfrikaFestival, Hertme, Holland
“…Mali’s Bassekou Kouyaté divined miraculous intricacies from the strings of his ngoni…” Pete Paphides, The Times (UK) on Bassekou’s appearance at Africa Express, Liverpool March 2008
"In the five year history of the festival and of some 200 groups, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba is number one!" Yusuf Mahmoud - Festival Director, Sauti zu Busara Festival (Zanzibar)
"First there was african tribal music which evolved into slave songs which became the blues which gave birth to the funk. Bassekou and his band tell the whole of this journey in one chapter. The most delicious mix of the finest musical ingredients make a stew that warms the heart and shakes the hips. Trust me, it tastes good!" Fatboy Slim (Mali 2006)
"… a fantastic example of how music can lift your mind and soul at the same time … the perfect proof of how inspirational African music can be, how it can touch so many people on so many levels." Damon Albarn (after hearing Bassekou & Ngoni ba in Mali 2006)
"The Album Segu Blue is a MUST for anyone seeking new musical adventures." Dee Dee Bridgewater
“One of the undisputed highlights of this year's rain-sodden Womad festival in Wiltshire was a midnight feast of sound from Mali's Bassekou Kouyate and his group Ngoni ba. Accompanied by two percussionists and his gracefully dancing wife Amy Sacko on vocals, Kouyate led his immaculately attired group on the ngoni, a tiny, delicate-looking instrument that punches above its weight with sharp, scrabbling and plunking notes. The other three musicians also played ngonis of various sizes, trading piquant riffs and booming bass lines with him in a fascinating approximation of lead, rhythm and bass guitar. Even the rain couldn't break the spell they cast (…).” Jon Lusk
