Bassekou Kouyate’s Segu Blue will likely prove 2007’s standout African album. It features his ensemble ’Ngoni ba’ and realises a long-cherished dream. From Mali, Bassekou is the greatest exponent of a ...

Delivered last summer and immediately put to good use in the Mediterranean, the 190-foot high-performance sloop Ngoni (originally known by its project name: The Beast) from Royal Huisman is a sailing ...

Bassekou Kouyate knows exactly what his place is in this world, and he knows where he came from and where he wants to go. That existence is inseparable from the instrument he plays, the ngoni. It is ...

Bassekou Kouyaté’s band is Ngoni Ba, which translates roughly as “The Big Ngoni,” a pretty terrific description of what Kouyaté’s selling, if you know what an “ngoni” is. “Lute” is the usual ...

Bassekou Kouyaté has redefined the limits of possibility for the ngoni, a traditional Malian spiked lute that is an ancestor of the banjo. The ngoni had always been played while seated until one night ...

Growing up in the West African country of Mali, Bassekou Kouyate recalls the tradition of the Ngoni running through the veins of his culture since he was a child. An instrument dating back nearly ...

It’s not that often that you come across a yacht that’s as beautiful as it is impressive from a performance perspective, even considering countless super-expensive, striking vessels out there. Ngoni ...

Delivered last summer and immediately put to good use in the Mediterranean, the 190-foot high-performance sloop Ngoni (originally known by its project name: The Beast) from Royal Huisman is a sailing ...

Many press releases from now up until Christmas are sure to begin with the words, “Fresh from wowing the crowds at Glastonbury…”, but that’s not going to stop me using them now with reference to this ...