Cheick Hamala Diabate: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- There was an awful lot of dancing going on the first time I stumbled upon the music of Cheick Hamala Diabate. On the dance floor at U Street's Tropicalia that night was a rich cross-section of D.C. life, all entranced by the music of Mali.
Malian tradition lies at the heart and foot-stomping soul of Cheick Hamala Diabate and his band, but their melodies and undeniable rhythms cut across age and ethnicity. Diabate primarily plays the ngoni and the banjo; think of the ngoni as a great-grandfather to the banjo and it all makes sense, because both instruments share the ability to convey melody and plucked percussive rhythm.
Diabate is from Kita in Mali and born into a family of griots, or storytellers; his first cousin is the legendary kora player Toumani Diabate. Cheick Hamala Diabate makes his home these days in a Maryland suburb a few miles over the D.C. line, and his musicians are American-born and inspired by this lively lyrical music, which often tells a tale about Mali and its people as part of the sway and shake. It's an honor to witness such a cross-section of cultures finding a common bond in music. --BOB BOILEN
SET LIST
"Mali De Nou"
"Talcamba"
"Djire Madje"
CREDITS
Producer: Bob Boilen
Editor: Parker Miles Blohm
Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait
Videographers: Denise DeBelius, Gabriella Garcia-Pardo
Since it isn't listed in the video, the names of the performers are:
Cheick Hamala Diabate - Banjo/Ngoni/Guitar
Sylvia Soumah - Pecussion/Dance
Kweku Owusu - Djembe
Anthony Holmes - Calabash
Etu Dieng - Bass
Rob Coltun - Guitar
Joe Herrera - Shekere/Trumpet
David Ludman - David Ludman
SUPER big thanks to Rob Coltun for his help with this!
2020 and still watchin the original performers!
Real music!
Africa my motherland!
I love his energy he is so happy. And the music of course is wonderful!
Sitting and listening isn't quite satisfying enough. Grooves are so flowin' about
I saw Mr. Diabate perform at a street fest in Chicago I think it was taste of andersonville, and this band was awesome, there was a conga line of people in the audience and they were snaking around with the lead guy carrying and bobbing a cardboard cut out of the Dos Equis "stay thirsty my friends" guy. It was awesome. A once in a lifetime experience. Was summer of 2014 I think.
That is so funny that he mentioned Ali Farka Toure because i was just thinking that they reminded me of him and had to switch to on of my favorite songs of his, Ai du. Worth checking out!!!!
Colorful
Delightful
conveys singularity and power,
Music with character.
Thanks!!
beautiful, good discovery. awesome, the real music. deep
GOD bless the work 🙏
I find it amazing how the banjo sounds like a steel drum in the first song.
yesterday I watched songhoy, and today this aweesome band, tiny desk is such a joy.
just beautiful....
thanks life, thanks music for this.
one of the best you've put up
beautiful!!!!!!!!!!
This was a very good show!
i can proudly say his band was the first gig i went to.wouldnt have it any other way either hahah this is great stuff!
This is the sound of the next cantina band in Star Wars. #maythefourth
Excellent ... love it ... keep it up! And please come to Madison.
Sou Luciano Ribeiro do Brasil, gostaria de dar uma sugestão: convidem o Milton Nascimento do Brasil.
Go, Cheick! Jam the music, the fabric, and the Kangol!
This is so awesome!!
Great
great!!!
So cool!!
Force à vous
yes!
Great Sound !!! One Mic? I can´t believe it. Amazing. Thanks.
Great sound :D
i like your stuff
FAB
Bamako Banjo! Cool!
Pretty fucking good
The style of this guitarist reminds me a lot of Santanna...
Cheick it, Cheick it, baby!
Not so "tiny" desk this new location, isn't?
Is much bigger than the other, like 10x bigger at least. But the audio kept perfect.
love this
Great stuff=)
Chris
Wesh Pape Diouf
Delightful! What's the instrument between the bass and the sabar called? The orange one with black stripes, played by the man in the green shirt.
calabash or half calabash
Thanks
Hiiii
If this were food I'm sure I'd be over eating nom sane.
You can find more great live vids of Cheick on his youtube channel youtube/cheickhamaladiabate
Great music is he kin to Toumani?
First cousin.
Dope music. But did he have to put white dudes in dashikis?
+Dominique Chestand are you trying to start a race argument? Cause that's how you start a race argument...
+Dominique Chestand You're funny!,... only one white dude the others are mixed race.
Dominique Chestand same thought crossed my mind, but the music is authentic. If they feel connected to it, let em express it in any form from clothing to the beautiful music they’re playing
They all human beings. It's interesting that you missed that important fact. Says more about you than about them.
Take race out of it. Just enjoy the music. Music is universal and crosses color and cultural lines!
We’re al the same.