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Bassekou Kouyate
Wednesday Zoo Tunes
What's Bassekou Kouyate, a West African ngoni virtuoso, doing on Sub Pop, the Seattle record label that brought you Nirvana and Soundgarden? Who knows, but we're glad he'll be spending some time here in the Northwest. Kouyate's been playing the ngoni, a lute-like ancestor of the banjo, since he was a kid in his native Mali. His dazzling musicianship has won him fans the world over — including the likes of Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt and Bono.
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