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Sat 21 Feb / The Junction, Cambridge
Sun 22 Feb / Rich Mix, London
Wed 25 Feb / Colston Hall/The Lantern, Bristol
Thu 26 Feb / RNCM, Manchster
Fri 27 Feb / The Stables, Milton Keynes
Sat 28 Feb / Birmingham mac
Sun 1 March / Brighton Dome
Wed 4 March / The apex, Bury St Edmunds,
Thu 5 March / NCEM, York
Fri 6 March / The Sage Gateshead
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Trio Da Kali is a group of outstanding musicians from the Mande culture of southern Mali who come from a long line of distinguished griots (specialist hereditary musical artisans). Long term collaborators, the artists aim to bring to the forefront neglected repertoires and performance styles of the griots, celebrating some of the African continent’s finest, most subtle and sublime music. 

Trio Da Kali is a group of outstanding musicians from the Mande culture of southern Mali who come from a long line of distinguished griots (hereditary musicians). Formed of voice, ngoni and balafon the Trio aim to bring a contemporary twist to ancient and neglecting repertoires. To coincide with their UK Making Tracks tour World Circuit release their debut EP, which is out now on CD (available exclusively via the World Circuit shop and on tour) and download.

Hawa Kasse Mady Diabaté, daughter of legendary Kasse Mady Diabaté, is the singer of the Trio, and has one of the finest griot voices in Mali, and has been compared by some to Mahalia Jackson (America’s great gospel singer). At home, Hawa performs mainly on the wedding circuit, singing at parties held on the streets of Bamako (the main context in which most musicians in Mali make a living). The most distinctive feature of the Trio is the balafon, and Lassana Diabaté, formerly of Afrocubism and Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra, is one of Mali’s most astonishing players. Its cascading lines, rippling and percussive riffs, and buzzing gourd resonators, are a familiar element in many Malian ensembles, but here for the first time the balafon is the lead instrument.  The youngest member of the trio is bass ngoni player Mamadou Kouyaté - the eldest son of world-renowned Bassekou Kouyaté. Still in his early 20s, he is one of Mali’s most creative musicians of the new generation.

Trio Da Kali only came into being in late 2012, but already they have performed at a BBC Prom, the Theatre de la Ville in Paris, and at the London Jazz Festival. They were formed specifically to develop a project with The Kronos Quartet; David Harrington (of Kronos) describing it as ‘one of the most beautiful collaborations Kronos has had in our first 40 years’. Watch a live performance, here: http://goo.gl/m6VtjB 

Recorded in Bamako, produced by Lucy Durán (‘Toumani & Sidiki’, ‘New Ancient Strings’, ‘Segu blue’) for World Circuit, the 5 track EP is the first time this repertoire has been showcased on a release for an international market. 

Trio Da Kali was created with support from (and this EP is produced in collaboration with) the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a programme of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture


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Trio Da Kali - EP - Yirimadjo

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