Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Live at Müpa Budapest)

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - excerpts (Live at Müpa Budapest) . Follow Müpa Budapest: 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 Bassek