Bassekou Kouyate live in concert.
ON TOUR

Bassekou Kouyate

17
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

88
%
Based on 
17
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Bassekou Kouyate is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 17 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Bassekou Kouyate is rated as an exceptional live performer, with noteworthy shows that are worth watching. Bassekou Kouyate concert reviews describe live shows and performances as confident.

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Latest Release

Bamako Calling (December 16, 2019)

Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
Segou, Mali (1966) (1966)
Bio
Main Last FM page = Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba Bassekou Kouyate (born in 1966 in Garana) is a musician from Mali. His band is known as Ngoni ba.
Has Performed With
Ngoni Ba

Critic Concert Reviews

Nippertown (USA)

February 19, 2024
%
When Bassekou Kouyate asked “Are you happy?” at Universal Preservation Hall Friday, he knew the answer.

Gaffa (Denmark)

May 29, 2023
83
%
Bassekou Kouyaté Live In Concert

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

March 29, 2019
80
%
Stockholm, Sweden

GetIntoThis (UK)

January 31, 2019
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Bassekou Kouyate: Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room

Music-News.com (UK)

January 28, 2019
80
%
No-one should ever underestimate the impact on the band that an engaged and excited audience can have and when you have a band with the presence and joy that Ngoni ba bring to the audience you get a positive feedback loop of the best kind.

Brisbane Times (Australia)

January 17, 2018
90
%
Were it light rather than sound you'd shield your eyes from its glare, and if suffering is the human condition, Amy Sacko's singing is the soundtrack.

Rhythm Passport (UK)

May 31, 2015
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For the uninitiated, the Ngoni is the African precursor of the banjo and guitar dating back several centuries.

Past critic reviews published in

Gigging NI (Northern Ireland), Soundvenue (Denmark), The Musical Box (USA), The Guardian (UK)

Image Credit

Richard Kaby [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons