Bassekou Kouyate's guest appearances

Bassekou Kouyate

Live on KEXP

The Guardian's Music Podcast

Woodsongs Vodcasts

Africa Beat

Pat Flynn

Dale Watson

John Paul White

Lindi Ortega

Lukas Nelson

Amanda Shires

Justin Townes Earle

Drew Holcomb

Allison Williams

Matthew Ryan

Vance Gilbert

Gretchen Peters

David Broza

Ben Miller

Alejandro Escovedo

OwlTail

THE JAKE LEG STOMPERS evoke the rebellious spirit and colorful pageantry of American popular music before the Second World War, from the Memphis blues to the Virginia Reel; when jazz began, vaudeville was urgent, and folk music was still dangerous. From their world headquarters in Bucksnort, Tennessee, the band serve up tangy tastes of chicken-fried, pre-war, hokum-billy jug music to gourmet audiences everywhere. The band's latest release is 'Up to No Good'.BASSEKOU KOUYATE is a virtuoso picker, musical visionary and Africa�s greatest in-strumentalist whose work blurs the lines between West African and American roots music. Bassekou�s instrument, the ngoni, is an ancient traditional “spike lute� and an ancestor of the banjo, sharing its taut-skinned drum body, percussive attack, and varied picking techniques. Since 2005, Bassekou has led Ngoni Ba, the first-ever group built around not one but four ngoni�s. Bassekou Kouyate is celebrating the release of his album �Jama ko�.

THE JAKE LEG STOMPERS evoke the rebellious spirit and colorful pageantry of American popular music before the Second World War, from the Memphis blues to the Virginia Reel; when jazz began, vaudeville was urgent, and folk music was still dangerous. From their world headquarters in Bucksnort, Tennessee, the band serve up tangy tastes of chicken-fried, pre-war, hokum-billy jug music to gourmet audiences everywhere. The band's latest release is 'Up to No Good'.<br><br>BASSEKOU KOUYATE is a virtuoso picker, musical visionary and Africa�s greatest in-strumentalist whose work blurs the lines between West African and American roots music. Bassekou�s instrument, the ngoni, is an ancient traditional “spike lute� and an ancestor of the banjo, sharing its taut-skinned drum body, percussive attack, and varied picking techniques. Since 2005, Bassekou has led Ngoni Ba, the first-ever group built around not one but four ngoni�s. Bassekou Kouyate is celebrating the release of his album �Jama ko�.

Woodsongs 732: The Jake Leg Stompers and Bassekou Kouyate