

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Cabaret Voltaire presents .... Bassekou Kouyate and Amy Sacko
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 22 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Legendary Malian musician and ngoni master Bassekou Kouyate tours the UK for the first time as a duo with revered griot singer and exceptional vocalist Amy Sacko, following the release of their debut album Djudjon, L’Oiseau de Garana (2024).

MOJO on Amy Sacko
Bassekou Kouyate is a legendary musician from Mali, and the undisputed master of the ngoni, a traditional and historic small West African instrument somewhere between a banjo and a lute. Kouyate has made the ngoni internationally known by adding additional strings and using effects devices. With extraordinary dexterity, he creates soundscapes that lie somewhere between blues, jazz and traditional Malian music.

Kouyate’s illustrious career now spans four decades and five albums during which he – and his band Ngoni Ba – have toured the world to critical and commercial acclaim, and has featured collaborations with, amongst many more, Taj Mahal, Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate, Yossou N’Dour, The Kronos Quartet and Damon Albarn. In this, his latest project – visiting the UK for the first time – Bassekou performs as a duo with his wife, the revered griot singer and exceptional vocalist Amy Sacko, whose “voice of spearing urgency, improbable range” has “a power that jolts like electric shocks” (The Sydney Morning Herald). 

The griot couple released their first chart-topping album together in 2024; Djudjon, L’Oiseau de Garana connects past and present, and is centred on their adventurous life journey together. The Garana natives invite us on an intimate journey into their musical universe, to travel to the source where it all began for Bassekou and his other long-time companion, his ngoni. Bassekou Kouyate reveals the secrets behind the beautiful love story between himself and his instrument, whilst Amy and Bassekou sing to us about their fears and hopes for the future, give philosophical advice and offer tributes to important people of present and historical society of the Bambara Empire. New texts and re-interpretations of ancient texts feature, sung in Bambara and Peul.

This will be a unique, 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. 

“A genius and living proof that the blues comes from Mali”
Taj Mahal on Bassekou Kouyate
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/totnes/cabaret-voltaire-presents-bassekou-kouyate-and-amy-sacko/200029643792828
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, live-music, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 31

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://cabaretvoltaireevents.com/event/bassekou-kouyate-and-amy-sacko/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=totnes-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Totnes
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Barrel House Ballroom
- **lat**: 50.4317207
- **long**: -3.6901789
- **full address**: The Barrel House Ballroom, 59 High Street,Totnes, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Barrel House Ballroom (https://allevents.in/org/the-barrel-house-ballroom/1352619)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/375ab635f0e4cceb5082c251070307658d847699ad0d8333c2f75f3ad60a2b4c-rimg-w1200-h965-dcfabc61-gmir?v=1774375077
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/02a877d17975efd1d3eacc19dfa4635b10c39fc77d1f3ec2fa6f9a8a8b41c2de-rimg-w300-h300-dcf6a549-gmir?v=1774375077

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 22 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Barrel House Ballroom, 59 High Street,Totnes, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Barrel House Ballroom
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, live-music, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Cabaret Voltaire presents .... Bassekou Kouyate and Amy Sacko ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

## Structured Data (JSON-LD)

```json
[
    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "MusicEvent",
        "name": "Cabaret Voltaire presents .... Bassekou Kouyate and Amy Sacko",
        "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/375ab635f0e4cceb5082c251070307658d847699ad0d8333c2f75f3ad60a2b4c-rimg-w1200-h965-dcfabc61-gmir?v=1774375077",
        "startDate": "2026-05-22T19:30:00+01:00",
        "url": "https://allevents.in/totnes/cabaret-voltaire-presents-bassekou-kouyate-and-amy-sacko/200029643792828",
        "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled",
        "location": {
            "@type": "Place",
            "name": "The Barrel House Ballroom",
            "address": {
                "@type": "PostalAddress",
                "streetAddress": "59 High Street,Totnes",
                "addressLocality": "Totnes",
                "addressRegion": "EN",
                "addressCountry": "GB"
            },
            "geo": {
                "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
                "latitude": "50.4317207",
                "longitude": "-3.6901789"
            }
        },
        "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode",
        "description": "Legendary Malian musician and ngoni master Bassekou Kouyate tours the UK for the first time as a duo with revered griot singer and exceptional vocalist Amy Sacko, following the release of their debut album Djudjon, L’Oiseau de Garana (2024).\n\nMOJO on Amy Sacko\nBassekou Kouyate is a legendary musicia",
        "organizer": [
            {
                "@type": "Organization",
                "name": "The Barrel House Ballroom",
                "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-barrel-house-ballroom/1352619",
                "description": "Live Music . Cafe . Bar . Restaurant . Entertainment"
            }
        ]
    }
]
```