Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Live at Müpa Budapest)

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - excerpts (Live at Müpa Budapest) 2015.05.27. Follow Müpa Budapest: www.mupa.hu/en    / mupabudapest     / mupabudapest     / mupabudapest   http://instagram/mupabudapest Featuring: Bassekou Kouyate - solo ngoni Amy Sacko - vocals Mamadou Kouyate - bass ngoni Moustafa Kouyate - ngoni ba Mahamadou Tounkara - percussion Abou Sissoko - medium ngoni Moctar Kouyate - calabash Bassekou Kouyate was born into the Malian caste of musicians and storytellers known as the griots in 1966. He is the master of West Africa's oldest string instrument, the ngoni. Before founding his own band, he played with stars such as Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, Toumani Diabate, Keletigui Diabate and Ali Farka Toure, but his real global success came with his four-piece ngoni band Ngoni Ba. Bands from Mali previously featured only a single ngoni, so no one could imagine what Bassekou had in mind by combining four ngonis… But by the time his debut Segu Blue album had won the BBC's "African Artist of the Year” and "Album of the Year”, the small plucked instrument was well and truly in fashion. Bassekou went on to achieve a string of successes. His I Speak Fula album was nominated for a Grammy Award, while Jama Ko, released in 2013, was the number one album of the year on the World Music Charts Europe and in numerous industry magazines. Bassekou and his band also joined the Africa Express project, performing in England with Paul McCartney, John Paul Jones and Damon Albarn. He has performed in Hungary twice to date: at the Vidor Festival in 2010 and at Sziget in 2014. He arrives at Müpa Budapest on tour with his latest album, a narcotic cocktail of Mali blues and psychedelic rock.