Winner of the 2008 BBC Radio 3 World Music Award for Best Album and Best African Group, Malian world music superstar and champion of the ngoni (West African lute) Bassekou Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba perform their utterly addictive African blues.

Segu Blue, Kouyate's debut recording as leader, ought to fast-track him into the front ranks of African music star exports. It's an album of understated but awesome beauty, full of lush melodies and supple rhythms, deep, peaceful and healing - truly mesmeric.

The album is one of Songlines magazine's 10 Best Albums of 2007; listed in The Guardian's 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die; Observer Music Monthly's best 50 albums of 2007 and in The Independent as one of the top Ten Best World Music Albums.

‘Both ancient and utterly contemporary…like some African answer to Hendrix.’ The Guardian

‘The most delicious mix of the finest musical ingredients make a stew that warms the heart and shakes the hips. Trust me, it tastes good!' Fatboy Slim

‘a genius, a living proof that the blues comes from the region of Segu.’ Taj Mahal

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Event	Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba
Date	28 March 2009 at 8:00pm
Tickets	£14/£12 (concessions available)
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