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Main Last FM page = Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba Bassekou Kouyaté (born in 1966 in Garana) is a musician from Mali. His band is known as Ngoni ba. He was born in Garana, Barouéli Cercle, 60 kilometres from Ségou in 1966. At the age of 12, he started playing the Ngoni. In the late 80's he moved to the capital Bamako. Kouyaté's debut album Segu Blue was released internationally in 2007 by Out Here Records and distributed in the U.K. by Proper Music Distribution. The album was produced by Lucy Durán. He has also appeared on a number of...

Issue d’une grande famille de griots, Diaou Kouyaté est née à Bamako. Elle a dans sa voix le blues des bords du Niger et la sensibilité des griots. Cette ambassadrice franco- africaine représente la fusion de la tradition mandingue et de la sono mondiale. Diaou a évolué avec les plus grands Artistes français et africains : Alain Bashung, Mory Kanté, Jacques Higelin, Amadou et Mariam .... Depuis, elle mène une carrière solo, posant sa voix chaude et aux intonations variées sur les musiques " mandinka " du Mali à base de guitares acoustiques, de balafon ou de kora. .

Kandia Kouyaté is a Malian jelimuso (singer, a female griot) and kora player; she has earned the prestigious title of ngara, and is sometimes appellated La Dangereuse. She is from the town of Kita in western Mali. The town is known for love songs, which is the largest part of Kouyaté's repertoire. She also sings praise songs. Kouyaté's career began in the early 1980s, when she began using female choral vocals accompanying her. This practice was later picked up by stars like Mory Kante and Salif Keita, and is now an integral part of Malian music. Her debut solo album...

Kouyaté-Neerman Biography in french: Kouyaté sans Neerman, c'est Lansiné Kouyaté. Griot de Paris, virtuose du balafon originaire de la région de Kangaba au Mali, enfant de la balle (fils de l'immense chanteuse Siramory Diabaté, que son mari accompagnait au balafon), musicien précoce et prodige, qui a fait ses classes dans l'Orchestre National du Mali avant d'accompagner des stars des musiques du monde (Salif Keita, Mory Kanté, Omar Sosa, Cheick Tidiane Seck...). Neerman sans Kouyaté, c'est David Neerman. Musicien français qui a fait fructifier son cursus (études de percussions classiques et de piano) en choisissant cet instrument à la fois clavier...

El Hadj Djeli Sory Kouyaté is a renowned balafon player, from Kindia, Guinea. He is a descendent of Bala Fasséké Kouyaté, and was a member of the Djoliba Ballet as well as the National Choral and Instrumental Ensemble. El Hadj Djeli Sory Kouyaté is a master of the balafon, a "resonated frame, wooden keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa; part of the idiophone family of tuned percussion instruments that includes the xylophone, marimba, glockenspiel, and the vibraphone. Sound is produced by striking the tuned keys with two padded sticks." .