I first came across Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba when doing the Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow and featured their track “Miri” in February, 2019 on Episode 37.

Bassekou Kouyate started playing the Ngoni at age 12. The Ngoni is a traditional Malian guitar. The body of the instrument is made of wood or calabash with dried animal skin head stretched over. This traditional instrument is believed by many to be the precursor to the banjo.

In 2015, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba played a live set for KEXP and today seems like as good a time as any to revisit that wonderful set.

Setlist:

• Musow Fanga

• Jama ko

• Abe Sumaya

• Siran Fen

Important People:

• Host: Rhythma

• Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs

• Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore

• Editor: Scott Holpainen

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