Bestelling Artists from Mande Traditional on Calabash Music

Boubacar Traore

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Boubacar (Kar Kar) Traoré is considered one of Mali's greatest musical treasures.

Vieux Farka Toure

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Since his infancy, Bouriema “Vieux Farka” Touré has been enamored with the music of his father, Ali Farka Touré. He grew up both in Mali’s capital city, Bamako, and in his father’s home-town of Niafu

Mamadou Diabate

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Mamadou Diabate, master kora player from Mali, West Africa.

Jaliba Kuyateh

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Jaliba Kuyateh plays the Kora since he was five. He has established himself as the foremost "Cultural Ambassador of The Gambia".

Midnight in Mali

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recorded at an extraordinary concert in Bamako featuring a once-in-a-lifetime array of some of Mali’s greatest artists

Mory Kante

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Heritage and birth Mory Kant頩nherited the griot tradition from the jalis of Mande. At its height during the reign of Sundiata Keita in the thirteenth century, the African empire of Mande stretched

Afrissippi

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AFRISSIPPI channels ancient boogie music & todays Mississippi hill country groove through the Delta Recording style to give birth to a NEW SOUND.

Naby Camara

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From Guinea, West Africa, Naby Camara performs the sweet melodies of the Mandino People.

Babani Kone

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Babani Kone is a member of a Griot family from Segou, Mali. In the past this was the centre of the mighty Barmbara kingdom and many feel that artists from Segou represents the most classical music tradition in Mali.

Bouba Sacko

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Among musicians, Bouba Sacko is one of the most respected contemporary guitarists in Mali.