BKO Quintet - Millennium Stage (August 1, 2019)

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BKO Quintet: A Journey into the Heart of Mali ventures into the heart of contemporary Malian music, combining two of the West African nation’s most well-known musical traditions, those of the hunter’s harp and the griot’s harp. Their fresh approach translates into an electrified and highly danceable set of music representing the urban scene in Bamako today.

[@GloriaDHall]

Thanks for sharing! Trance music comes to mind when I hear some of their music..

[@arnowillekes7979]

BKO Quintet is way cool and truly part of a great and musical flow!!

[@jhentai0316]

you mean the part of bamako that's not being droned, probably by some of the same people in the audience's department?

[@arnowillekes7979]

That Jazh that was here before?

[@arnowillekes7979]

Great intro by the ngoni player, is that an arabic classic?

[@TheChapen]

How can you talk about arabic classic when you read Malian music?

[@jhentai0316]

cool band, though! has anyone heard of the phrase potemkin village? probably not, it would've had a bomb dropped on it otherwise!

[@arnowillekes7979]

If you don’t like it, why comment?