Bassekou Kouyate’s ngoni set to electrify a World Music Fest audience
Bassekou Kouyate’s ngoni set to electrify a World Music Fest audience
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Bob Dylan certainly shocked a few folkies when he plugged in his guitar, but Malian musician Bassekou Kouyate has taken the West African region’s ancient lute instrument - the ngoni - and plugged it into a 50-watt amp.
Photo: courtesy of Bassekou Kouyaté