Habib Koité
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Habib Koité (Template:Langx, born 1958 in Thiès, Senegal) is a Senegalian-born Malian musician, singer, songwriter and griot based in Mali. His band, Bamada, was a supergroup of West African musicians, which included Kélétigui Diabaté on balafon.[1]
Musical style
Koité is known for his approach to playing the guitar by tuning it on a pentatonic scale and playing on open strings as one would on a kamale n'goni.
History
Habib was born in Mali in 1958 and enrolled in the National Institute of Arts in Bamako. In 1988 he formed his first band, Bamada. He released his first solo album, Muso Ko, in 1995, followed by further solo works in later years.
Two of his songs, I Ka Barra and Din Din Wo, from Muso Ko, were included in the Sample Music package included with Windows Vista.
Discography
Albums
- Muso Ko, 1995
- Ma Ya, 1998
- Baro, 2001
- Live!, 2004
- Afriki, 2007
- Acoustic Africa in Concert, 2011
- Brothers in Bamako, 2012
- Soô, 2014
- Kharifa, 2019
Sources
References
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- Malian musicians
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Bambara-language singers
- Malian world music musicians
- Senegalese world music musicians
- Senegalese musicians
- Senegalese guitarists
- Malian guitarists
- People from Thiès
- 21st-century Malian people