Tag: Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba

April 10, 2023

Audible configurations. Music from Romania, Ecuador, Thailand, Ethiopia, South Africa, Mali, Senegal, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, France, India, Colombia, Japan, and beyond.

February 4, 2019
April 30, 2018
May 27, 2016

The latest offering from Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba, Ba Power, features the hardest sound of any of their records with the overdrive and wah-wah on the ngoni cranked up and a drum kit holding down the foundation for the group, with additional rhythm coming from the calabash, yabara, tamani and tamaba. Even though the album has a bit of a crunch, there’s still plenty of funk swinging between the notes.

March 7, 2016

Musical explorations beyond the spectrum. Tune in to music from Colombia, Mali, Niger, Serbia, USA, India, Jamaica, Western Sahara, Madagascar and beyond. A complete world of sound.