Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Abe Sumaya (Live on KEXP)

[@pinkashram]

I 'm just home from a concert with these guys in Kilkenny (Ireland). That woman has some voice. Totally blown away.

[@Studio307Fredonia]

This was a stunning experience. I'm currently on a journey to discover my heritage and seeing instruments rooted deeply within the culture is so beautiful.

[@RichardFeynmanRules]

Simply amazing! How I love the variety and richness of the music of Mali!

[@Khaya911]

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Beautiful

[@josecarvajal6654]

So hit me with music!

[@sjappiyah4071]

I learned that expression from Drake haha 😂

[@muslumnuriakcum7402]

Çok güzel tümce !

[@Atananaki]

@@sjappiyah4071 Who is Drake? This is from "Trenchtown Rock" by Bob Marley & The Wailers.

[@sjappiyah4071]

@@Atananaki I simply said that’s where I LEARNT the expression from. ( Drake -Over) I never said that was the origin...

[@DJ_Dhawz]

I listen to this everyday!!! Just beautiful! I close my eyes and it relaxes me instantly. Therapy!

[@Pandamasque]

Putting that through a wah-wah = pure genius

[@perrinenzo607]

not a genius

[@ev_ing]

Yes! The arranging and production is great, along with the musical skill.

[@riccardoantolinipil]

indeed

[@rogermoore27]

2:38 - 💪

[@khbgkh]

@@perrinenzo607 your point?

[@justgottalaughj7023]

love the bass ngoni.

[@colinbell4791]

Give thanks for such beautiful voice and music, if you can't move , you are not here👏🏿👍🏾

[@randygibbons834]

A revelation. I could not praise this enough. I will seek more, and spread the word!

[@Priya-ms8qp]

reconnecting my my Africanism through this music and it’s healing me

[@Priya-ms8qp]

I am grateful and thankful for this moment in present time

[@ChristopherJWalton]

This is utterly breath-taking. So many amazing moments. A truly special performance

[@anandbhagat7]

Words cant describe the feeling i get when i hear this..magical !!

[@oktavianlowe692]

Sehr schön,danke!!!😘❤🖤❤werner from germany

[@ev_ing]

That is incredible revelatory soul-filled music. Thank you for introducing me to it!

[@ousmanediallo-ne6mf]

Beautiful!!🇲🇱👏👏👏

[@Mohamed-zo7zv]

Le maestro Basekou excellent hard ngoni Congratulations

[@drahamane]

Bassekou ce titre est très top .Merci à toi de garder cette chanteuse elle est superbe avec une voix gracieuse .Très bon titre. Refait nous beaucoup d'autres dans ce style

[@kevinfredericks2335]

that break at 5:50 is out of this world

[@abrahamkuhulay9401]

Mali the.most relaxble meditation for soul

[@moussatraore7587]

merci bassekou

[@cids1599]

Absolutely Beautiful.🌷

[@soundsgroovy]

Goosebumps.

[@Fred_L.]

If there is a beyond epic - this is it.

[@rebecadelarosa6846]

Excelente música !!!

[@bombinozag]

excellent mali blues vibrations tkx so good

[@benelbedjaouiabdallah3618]

bravo bravo le n goni le goumbri le rythme la voix parfait bravo

[@GhoAros]

precioso!

[@nellykouyate7254]

Magnifique ❤️

[@mhkone5449]

j'adore elles étaient no comment les mamans artistes....

[@Torres1003A]

Que chingoneria de música me encanta

[@gil-evens]

Michael League brought me here and I'm thankful

[@zenbanjo2533]

Lovely!!!

[@amadoune38]

Merci pour le Mali

[@FoodOfTheGods666]

Beautiful!

[@OtheDaddy]

This is music!

[@khaledaouameur7116]

Cho cho viv la Africa🤩💯

[@JamNepal]

Amazing!

[@rogermoore27]

Wowww!!!!

[@drahamane]

Bassekou ni gnoiguon véré Ké Ini tjé

[@luizalmeida5198]

fantastic

[@siakadante1790]

💚💛❤

[@renekips7627]

Do they realize how good they are and what the contribute to the world?

[@oneworldproduction]

Beautiful

[@RodrigoGarcia-sy2rf]

Beauty

[@Jasnapolanka]

❤❤❤

[@juliotirado2793]

i love it

[@Didymusartist]

Epic

[@diremelbourne]

Nice work

[@ManwahAYASSOR]

😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌

[@leiterlab]

احح الفلكلور ديالنا شحال زين

[@giannirs]

Á ni ce

[@Caligari...]

Is that a five string Ngoni ? Is he using all down strokes with the back of his fingers like in Claw Hammer banjo style on the long strings ? Please help me understand his method of playing . Thank you .

[@SeanMichael-yt4ps]

Banjo is from this region as well

[@Ali-t3q1i]

@@SeanMichael-yt4ps in fact majority of the musical instruments. You cant beat Africans in Music and Arts, Nature. All are their derivatives

[@ev_ing]

Does anyone know what instrument they are playing? It's beautiful!

[@ev_ing]

The internet answered my question! It's an ngoni: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngoni_(instrument)

[@AmenAmen-yj7rf]

Question: pls whts is the name of that drums?? Thanks

[@irenedavo3768]

Is this in America?

[@lotfimajid3251]

Mali in africa

[@chilttohabrngorr199]

A

[@muslumnuriakcum7402]

TELLİ ÇALGININ ADI NEDİR ?

[@Maggie5846]

This is so beautiful! What is she saying?

[@EasternGate]

She's saying Uhmmmm She's singing

[@ahmad.mustafa_]

Is ngoni a difficult instrument to play?

[@itsbeyondme5560]

no. its is not. it is similar to banjo or guitar.

[@diegopires38]

Where are they from?

[@VanLightning900]

Diego Pires I would guess somewhere from central africa.

[@malikasilla1475]

+VanLightning900 No west Africa. Its west African music.

[@mahamadoudrame8133]

Diego Pires hé from Mali in West Africain

[@lolttyl143]

I love this, but I would feel bad trying to recreate it since it is out of their heritage and culture.

[@VaporsUnion]

+lolttyl143 Guess you shouldn't drive cars then. It's German culture. Wouldn't want to appropriate that now. Most of the music you listen to, tools you use, even basic entertainment sources and stories, they all came from someone elses culture. There's nothing wrong with taking something you enjoy and respect, and recreating/using/wearing/etc it.

[@garrusn7702]

lolttyl143 Music has flowed between all people and lands since before history began. You aren't appropriating anything.

[@sjappiyah4071]

As long as you don’t claim the genre as your’s i’m sure they’d be glad to see a western interpretation of this

[@josecarvajal6654]

If he pays for the instrument he can play it and use it as he wants, just like the example of the car. He can get inspiration from Malian culture and create something new from it. Culture is fluid, it has been copied, mixed, improved, modified and addapted since the dawn of humanity. If look closely enough, no culture is pure, there is always influence from someone else, so culture does not belong to anybody. If humans where blaming everyone else of "cultural appropiation" since the begining, we would still be living in caves and hitting each other with sticks. I´m Dominican and I love to see others dancing merengue or bachata, eating our food, or imitating dominican culture. We can´t stop cultural exchange just because suddenly people are getting offended by it, cultural appropiation makes no sense.

[@almishti]

What I do, and I play instruments from all over the world, is learn about the culture, the people their history, learn about how they think about and make music, and learn as best I can how to play it THEIR way first, learn some of their songs and get a feel for what kinds of sounds they like to hear from it. Once I've done a reasonable job of that I feel okay about playing around with it more and finding what I can bring to not just the instrument but the music too. BUT, I don't try to play it like a guitar b/c a guitar is based on and made to play something different. Let the instrument have its own voice and do its own thing. Besides, Bassekou and his group have expanded the borders of ngoni playing WAY beyond what tradition would expect, and it's been my experience when I meet people from the cultures whose instrument I'm playing that when they see that I know something of what I'm doing and have bothered to learn something about them, they're very appreciative and encouraging. So give it a try, just learn and give credit to the source! :)

[@bouboudembele1670]

Mali ka balo fo saya 🇲🇱

[@mohamedsloma3173]

..

[@sharondablack3832]

Block bye Block...

[@cheyenneedwards1977]

Medicine!

[@lunaticairina]

Beautiful!

[@abdoulazizou1245]

❤❤❤