Bassekou Kouyate: Miri review – a politically serious but uplifting return to acoustic roots
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June 2015
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Bassekou Kouyaté: 'I'm in charge, I'm the boss'
The Malian ngoni player broke with tradition to electrify his instrument and play standing up. Now he’s started singing about women’s freedom
April 2015
Bassekou Kouyaté and Ngoni Ba: Ba Power review – Kouyaté in full command
The ngoni maestro and band have a blast on album no 4
October 2013
Africa Express in Marseille - review
The music collective rolled into town with performances from Bassekou Kouyate, Jupiter Bokondji and Damon Albarn, among many others, who kept the crowd going all night
June 2013
Mali hits Glastonbury: Rokia Traoré, Fatoumata Diawara and more
Andy Morgan: When music was banned in Mali, the organisers of Glastonbury festival swung into action and invited the country's top acts over. Here's what to look out for
March 2013
Adelaide festival 2013: week two
WOMADelaide festival 2013 – review
January 2013
Fatoumata Diawara gathers Malian supergroup to record peace song
Mali music ban by Islamists 'crushing culture to impose rule'
December 2012
2013 arts preview
2013 pop preview: Thom Yorke and Flea team up
Plus, the Samantha Cameron-approved Azealia Banks releases her debut album, and Johnny Marr resumes his solo career
August 2012
New Africa
Bassekou Kouyate: 'The whole thing is a big jam session'
The Malian player of the ngoni on African Express. Interview by Corinne Jones
July 2012
Baaba Maal among leading musicians to board the Africa Express
Baaba Maal, Damon Albarn and Bombay Bicycle are among the lineup of musicians who will tour the UK by train in September
November 2010
AfroCubism – review
The world music supergroup's debut UK concert was a joyous, classy, historic affair, writes Robin Denselow
September 2010
AfroCubism: Buena Vista take two
Fourteen years after missing out on Cuba's great collaboration, eccentric supergroup AfroCubism finally get it together. By Will Hodgkinson
June 2010
The Guardian's Music Podcast
Music Weekly at Glastonbury: Scissor Sisters, Tinie Tempah, Bassekou Kouyate
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba at Glastonbury 2010
January 2010
Music blog
Why Sub Pop's world-music imprint will find an audience
Louis Pattison: The label that gave us grunge is now releasing music from west Africa. But for a generation raised on the Afrobeat stylings of Vampire Weekend, this may not be as strange as it sounds
September 2009
Bassekou Kouyate: I Speak Fula
It's an impressive affair, joyous and stately, and the very essence of modern African music, says Neil Spencer
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba: I Speak Fula
This exhilarating set is almost as good as hearing him live, says Robin Denselow
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: I Speak Fula
The great Malian ngoni player shows that high profile collaborations have simply encouraged his inner rock beast
