Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Robert Christgau Reviews Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba's 'Miri'
The master picker and tinkerer of Mali's ngoni lute can rock out with any desert Hendrix. But on 'Miri' he abandons the amplifiers and record his most purely listenable album.
Just Rhythm Music, on Its Own Unrelenting Terms: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau
Learn something new, kids: Mbongwena Star, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, and Tal National in this week's column from the Dean of American Rock Critics.
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