Kasse Mady Diabate 2014.Nov at BBC & VPRO

Since some time I wanted to post the 2014 session and live recordings I had from Kasse Mady Diabate, but both had some weak points: the BBC session had an incomplete track and the VPRO live recordings were only 4 tracks.



Kassé Mady Diabaté - 2014.Nov.30 at Music Meeting XS

First this week at BBC 6music the incomplete track was fully rebroadcasted, and then, when searching more from Kasse Mady, I found that the whole 2014.Nov.30 concert at the Music Meeting XS is available at VPRO's own site. Probably since the 4 tracks were broadcasted in their Vrije Geluiden radio show late 2014, but curiously I never came across the full concert before.


Listen to a track from the BBC session


Kasse Mady Diabate 2014.Nov - Session and Live


2014.Nov.23, BBC 6music Cerys on 6 - Session
setlist: introduction / 1.Ko Kuma Magni / interview / 2.Simbo
rpt.BBC 6music Gideon Coe on 2019.Oct.30  and 2019.May.22
line-up: Kasse Mady Diabate - vocals / Makan 'Badje' Tounkara - ngoni
note: with translations and explanations by Lucy Duran

2014.Nov.30, Music Meeting XS
setlist: Simbo [Kassé Mady Diabaté] / Sory [trad.] / Kirike [trad.] / Yatoba [trad.] / Mamadou [trad.] / solo Balake / Sadio [trad.] / Kokuma [trad.]
bc.2014.Dec.21, Radio 6 Soul & Jazz - Vrije Geluiden VPRO [only 4 tracks]
full concert listenable at the VPRO Vrije Geluiden website [who knows till when, so included for your forever enjoyment!]
line-up: Kassé Mady Diabaté - zang / Ballaké Sissoko - kora / Lansine Kouyaté - balafoon / Badjé Tounkara - ngoni



Ballaké Sissoko - Badjé Tounkara - Kassé Mady Diabaté - Lansine Kouyaté
2014.Nov.30 Music Meeting XS

More about/from Kasse Mady Diabate:

• Obituary: Kassé Mady Diabaté 1949-2018 - by Lucy Durán
• Kasse Mady (1949-2018), moving tribute by Stefan at WrldSrv
• Interview with Kassé Mady Diabaté [2015.Jul at Womad] - rhythmpassport.com  
• Interview [and music] with Kassé Mady Diabaté [ca.2017] - youtube
• Just before the Music Meeting XS, Kasse Mady together with Badje Tounkara did a session in the VPRO TV studio [youtube]: Ko Kuma Magni / Toumarou

NEVER EVER FORGET:

"il faut me pardonner - you must forgive me"

Pap Djah's last words before left on his own in the Sahara desert (in Niger)