Bassekou Kouyate

Bassekou Kouyaté (alizaliwa Garana, Barouéli Cercle, 1966) ni mwanamuziki kutoka Mali. Bendi yake inajulikana kama Ngoni ba.

Alizaliwa kilomita 60 kutoka Ségou, mwaka wa 1966. Akiwa na umri wa miaka 12, alianza kucheza |ngoni. Mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1980 alihamia mji mkuu, Bamako.

Albamu ya kwanza, Segu Blue,https://archive.today/20120709062915/http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=141&csid2=4&fid1=44529 ilitolewa kimataifa mwaka wa 2007 na Outhe Records na kusambazwa nchini U.K. na Proper Music Distribution. Albamu ilitayarishwa na Lucy Durán. Pia ametokea kwenye idadi ya albamu za Toumani Diabate na amefanya katika nchi kadhaa za Ulaya. Mnamo 2010, Kouyaté alitembelea na Béla Fleck.

Mke wa Kouyaté, Amy Sacko, pia ni msanii wa pekee aliyefanikiwa na anaimba kiongozi katika bendi yake. Baba yake, Mustapha Kouyaté, alikuwa mchezaji wa ngoni na mama yake Yagaré Damba alikuwa mwimbaji wa sifa.

Kouyate, pamoja na Amy Sacko na Ngoni ba, walionekana kwenye The 2013 Proms.

 Diskografia 
Albamu
 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Segu Blue (Outhere Records, 2007)
 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: I Speak Fula (Outhere Records, 2009)
 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Jama Ko (Outhere Records, 2013)
 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Ba Power (Glitterbeat Records, 2015)
 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Miri (Outhere Records, 2019)

 Filamugrafia 
 2008: Throw Down Your Heart, by Sascha Paladino: Himself
 2013: The Africa Express, by Renaud Barret and Florent de La Tullaye: Himself
 2016: Easy Man, by Jasper Cremers and Dennis de Groot: Himself
 2016: Mali Blues, by Lutz Gregor: Himself

 Tuzo 
2008 – BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music – Album of the Year & African Artist of the YearBBC3 Awards for World Music winners 2008

 Marejeo 

More from Mali: Review. African Business,  January 2008.
mali-music.com: Bassekou Kouyaté. The prince of the strings. 15 January 2004.

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