Bassekou Kouyate live in concert.
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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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Based on 
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

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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Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
Segou, Mali (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
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When Bassekou Kouyate asked “Are you happy?” at Universal Preservation Hall Friday, he knew the answer.

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.

Music-News.com (UK)

March 22, 2014
100
%
Since the first time I saw Kouyate in a tiny club near Regent Street and through performances at Cargo The Barbican and others this was the most confident and also the happiest I had ever seen him and his band/family.

Music-News.com (UK)

July 3, 2010
100
%
Barbican, London, UK

The Guardian (UK)

June 26, 2010
100
%
Glastonbury, UK

Music-News.com (UK)

October 24, 2009
80
%
The Jazz cafe was absolutely heaving with the temperature inside heading for ‘Sticky’ even before Ngoni Ba started down the stairs to the stage following their leader who was playing a simple unaccompanied Ngoni.

Music-News.com (UK)

March 31, 2009
60
%
When he finally strides out looking seven feet tall and dressed in a Boubous he is looking stern and serious.

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