Seckou Keita

Seckou Keita is among the leaders of the most recent era of African traditional music artists, pulling influences from his predecessors to introduce the entire world towards the African kora while also fusing traditional forms and instruments with those of other ethnicities. Created in 1977 in Senegal, Keita was an early on performer actually by local specifications, and bypassed traditional guidelines against efficiency by people’ ruling lineages (like the Keitas) when you are raised by family members for the Cissokho part of his family members, a well-known griot lineage. Over time of amount of time in his teenagers performing at different African music celebrations and throughout Scandinavia along with his uncle, Keita finished up beneath the wing of violinist L. Subramaniam, touring India with a global fusion festival. Time for the Western, he quickly became a member of Baka Beyond, among the pioneering Afro-Celtic fusion organizations (though not as well-known because the Afro-Celt AUDIO SYSTEM), where he obtained his highest degree of fame, resulting in work on the first stages from the renowned Lion Ruler musical and a number of part projects. A brief venture that place the kora into dance mixes adopted, abandoned following a few celebrations and only a go back to traditional platforms for the device, which includes become his phoning, and a minor modernization from the music from its historic roots to create it somewhat even more available to non-African listeners. He debuted with Mali, for the ARC label, in 2003. 3 years afterwards, he came back with Afro-Mandinka Spirit: Tama-Silo, having a group comprising several family. The Silimbo Passing appeared on Globe Travels in 2008, accompanied by Miro in 2012. Keita after that matched with harpist Catrin Finch for 2014’s Clychau Dibon. The meditative, generally single outing 22 Strings made an appearance in 2015. In 2017, Keita collaborated with Cuban multi-instrumentalist Omar Sosa on Transparent Drinking water.