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A gem !This is a gem.Bassekou Kouyaté is Mali's leading player of the ngoni, a simple desert lute that looks like a stocky cricket bat.It's West Africa's oldest string instrument and the ancestor of the banjo.Cognocenti may know Kouyaté for his contributions to Ali Farka Touré's magnificent last album, "Savane", but here he's centre stage as leader of a ngoni quartet.In a way it's possible to think of this as sophisticated chamber music with intricate lines delicately interweaving plus the fema…
A Different SideIf you haven't caught the band live and have only listened to the album it would be like listening to an "unplugged" album and thinking that is what the artists were all about. I caught them when they toured with Fleck and at least the stage act I saw and heard there was a lot more emphasis on amps and an electrified version of the ngoni along with a lot more percussive drum work. Bassekou Koyate had a really impressive stage presence in those long flowing robes leaning out into the edge of the …
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