Photo: Koutiakan

Photo Credits: Image Courtesy Of Calabash Music

To feel the essense of a typical Saturday evening session in an open-air bar in Koutiala as they animate the nights of this village, listen to Koutiakan.
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Koutiakan

In Koutiala, a small town in Mali, everyone knows the Diabate family and the acoustic group of musicians formed by brothers Modibo and Abdoulaye Diabate.

Not a night goes by without Abdoulaye holding court with friends, and his group regularly animates the open-air bar with music.

The two balafons are in the center of everything, along with two percussionists, a player of tamas and another on djembe. An acoustic guitar creates melodies from both bambara and senufo tradition.

— Courtesy Calabash Music

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