Bassekou a black man in a cream shirt, holding a ngoni, stood with Amy a black woman in a red dress with a matching head wrap

Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sackou

Global/Folk Tue 19 May 2026, 7:45pm The Forge

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Availability:

Friends: Thu 29 Jan / General: Fri 30 Jan (10am)

Tickets:

£24. Under 25s £19 (including £4 booking fee)

From Mali, musician and ngoni master Bassekou Kouyate tours the UK for the first time as a duo with his wife, the revered griot singer and exceptional vocalist Amy Sacko, following the release of Djudjon, L'oiseau de Garaná, their first chart-topping album together. 

Connecting past and present, this will be an intimate and extraordinary opportunity to experience a performance that reaches to the very heart of Mali – deeply personal, expressive, chamber-style that promises a rare closeness between artists and audience, a space where each note and lyric resonates deeply.

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Reviews

A genius and living proof that the blues comes from Mali
Taj Mahal on Bassekou Kouyate
The Tina Turner of Mali
MOJO on Amy Sacko

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