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ARTIST
KOUYATE & NGONI BA, BASSEKOU
TITLE
I Speak Fula
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
NEXT AMBIENCE
CATALOG #
NA 001CD
NA 001CD
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
1/25/2010
"Malian maestro Bassekou Kouyate is a virtuoso picker and musical visionary whose work blurs the lines between West African and American roots music. Bassekou's instrument, the ngoni, is a 'spike lute' and an ancestor of the banjo, sharing its taut-skinned drum body, percussive attack, and varied picking techniques. Since 2005, Bassekou has led Ngoni Ba, the first-ever group built around not one but four ngonis -- all played by members of his family. Bassekou's longtime friend and booster Lucy Duran (a BBC radio host, record producer, and Mande music scholar) produced the band's debut,
Segu Blue
. Before long, Bassekou and Ngoni Ba were touring Europe and in high demand.
I Speak Fula
builds on the success of
Segu Blue
. Its 11 tracks provide a star-studded tour of pan-Malian music, including collaborations with Toumani Diabaté, griot vocal legend Kasse Mady Diabaté, master of the horse-hair soku fiddle Zoumana Tereta, and guitar phenomenon Vieux Farka Toure, Ali's precociously talented son. The release of
I Speak Fula
and Ngoni Ba's first U.S. tour mark the latest leg of an extraordinary musical journey.
I Speak Fula
is the first release on Next Ambiance, a new label founded by Jon Kertzer, host of KEXP's Best Ambiance Radio show, and Sub Pop co-founder Jon Poneman, and the newest addition to the Sub Pop family. Next Ambiance continues the musical exploration of Best Ambiance, with an emphasis on mind-blowing and life-changing artists with no particular regional or cultural bias." Also available as a deluxe gatefold double vinyl version on Out Here records (OH 013LP).
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