Tag: Blick Bassy

• Ballaké Sissoko & Sona Jobarteh release ‘Djourou’ – the Malian kora master teams up with one of the leading players from The Gambia – the title track from his new album, out April on Nø Førmat!

  Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko releases the title track of his forthcoming 11th album today – Djourou is due for rescheduled release on April 9, via Parisian label Nø Førmat! – home to Oumou Sangaré, Blick Bassy, Mélissa Laveaux. Title track Djourou – available now as a single release – sees Sissoko duet with leading female kora…

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  February 17, 2021

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  African legend, Ballaké Sissoko, Blick Bassy, Camille, cellist, Djelimady Sissoko, Ensemble Instrumental Du Mali, France, French, Ghana, Laurent Bizot, Ludovic Einaudi, Mali, Mali’s National Orchestra, Mandinka, Mélissa Laveaux, Nø Førmat!, Nouvelle Vague, Oumou Sangaré, Oxmo Puccino, rapper, Salif Keita, Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabate, Vincent Segal

• Blick Bassey’s ‘1958’ album challenges France’s history of Cameroon and celebrates anti-colonialist leader, Ruben Um Nyobé

  Blick Bassy has released his politically charged new album, 1958, following his acclaimed album Akö of 2015. 1958 is a defiant tribute to the heroes who fought and died for the independence of his native Cameroon and is a beautiful selection of songs – sung in Bassa, his ancestral language. The album focuses on Ruben Um Nyobé –…

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  March 11, 2019

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  1958, Alexi Merrill, Blick Bassy, Cameroon, Clement Petit, Johan Blanc, Renaud Letang, Ruben Um Nyobé, Tôt ou tard