Showing posts with label Kadialy Kouyate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kadialy Kouyate. Show all posts

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Nina Miranda and Kadialy Kouyaté - Norman Druker Special



Nina Miranda

14th November 2018
A World in London, Resonance FM, Borough, London

Brazil met up with Senegal on A World In London this week – not on a boat in the mid-Atlantic, but in the Resonance FM radio studio – with two of these countries finest artists creating a musical treat for us.

Kadialy Kouyaté
Nina Miranda and Kadialy Kouyaté have both guested before on AWIL, but never played live together on air. In fact, their first public performance was about ten days ago. On the strength of this, AWIL asked them to recreate it for the listeners of London, and they were both happy to.
Nina told us about her latest album (with one track already a hit in Portugal), and paid tribute to one of her musical influences. Kadialy Kouyaté, meanwhile, continues working on solo projects, collaborations, musical theatre, kora teaching and, thankfully for us, live radio sessions.
As well as having the honour of being in the presence of two great singers and players improvising some haunting and beautiful music together...... I've now met someone who's appeared on Top Of The Pops!



Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Kadialy Kouyate - Kora Maestro

Kadialy Kouyate
Kadialy Kouyate - Kora and voice

Date - 14th December 2016
Venue - A World in London, Resonance FM, London, UK
Current album  - NA KITABO (2016)

Future Performance
6th January 2017 - The Green Note, Camden


Creative composer and kora maestro Kadialy Kouyate on this A World In London!
Listen HERE: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-14th-december-2016/


We were totally mesmerised by Kadialy Kouyate in the AWIL studio, soothed by his smooth & perfect singing voice and stunned by his wizardry on the kora. Coming from one of the most distinguished griot families in Senegal, Kadialy’s musical education began during his toddler years alongside a whole heap of agricultural chores. His artful skills in music brought him to the UK over ten years ago and it’s London’s diverse community of musicians that have fed into Kadialy’s ongoing ‘sound archive’, laden with spiritual & humanitarian observations and experiences. He has worked with Baaba Maal, Mumford & Sons, The Royal Shakespeare Company, and many more. His wonderful second solo album, Na Kitabo, featuring members of his five-piece band, is a talking book of his latest collection of songs made over 2016, and Kadialy has played numerous roles in its production aside from being at the centre of its creative force.  www.kadialykouyate.com  www.focusorganization.com

George Hadwen
AWIL Engineer
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