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Malian guitarist Habib Koité is one of Africa’s most popular and recognized musicians.
Habib Koité was born in 1958 in Thiès, a Senegalese town situated on the railway line connecting Dakar to Niger, where his father worked on the construction of the tracks. Six months after his birth, the Koité family returned to the regional capital of west Mali, Kayes, and then to Bamako. Habib comes from a noble line of Khassonké griots, traditional troubadors who provide wit, wisdom and musical entertainment at social gatherings and special events. Habib grew up surrounded by seventeen brothers and sisters, and developed his unique guitar style accompanying his griot mother. He inherited his passion for music from his paternal grandfather who played the kamele n’goni, a traditional four-stringed instrument associated with hunters from the Wassolou region of Mali. “Nobody really taught me to sing or to play the guitar,” explains Habib, “I watched my parents, and it washed off on me.”
Habib was headed for a career as an engineer, but on the insistence of his uncle, who recognized Habib’s musical talent, he enrolled at the National Institute of Arts (INA) in Bamako, Mali. In 1978, after only six months, he was made conductor of INA Star, the school’s prestigious band. He studied music for four years, graduating at the top of his class in 1982. (In fact his talent was so impressive, that upon graduation, the INA hired him as a guitar teacher).
Habib Koité was born in 1958 in Thiès, a Senegalese town situated on the railway line connecting Dakar to Niger, where his father worked on the construction of the tracks. Six months after his birth, the Koité family returned to the regional capital of west Mali, Kayes, and then to Bamako. Habib comes from a noble line of Khassonké griots, traditional troubadors who provide wit, wisdom and musical entertainment at social gatherings and special events. Habib grew up surrounded by seventeen brothers and sisters, and developed his unique guitar style accompanying his griot mother. He inherited his passion for music from his paternal grandfather who played the kamele n’goni, a traditional four-stringed instrument associated with hunters from the Wassolou region of Mali. “Nobody really taught me to sing or to play the guitar,” explains Habib, “I watched my parents, and it washed off on me.”
Habib was headed for a career as an engineer, but on the insistence of his uncle, who recognized Habib’s musical talent, he enrolled at the National Institute of Arts (INA) in Bamako, Mali. In 1978, after only six months, he was made conductor of INA Star, the school’s prestigious band. He studied music for four years, graduating at the top of his class in 1982. (In fact his talent was so impressive, that upon graduation, the INA hired him as a guitar teacher).
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lter__Impius wrote:
Thanks for the recommendation, I like it.
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xiao_mei wrote:
if you like Habib's style of music, check out Daby Touré's music! I highly recommend it! http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Daby+Tour%C3%A9
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Diamas wrote:
Love it, how everything somehow melts together in a soft sound that caresses the ear! thank you!
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MetalFreak66666 wrote:
Din Din Wo... i love how the guitars played
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googlybhear wrote:
this is really growing on me
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H-channie wrote:
Beautiful...
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sayfuddeen wrote:
I'm surprised that Windows Vista would come up with something like this. But I'm both surprised and happpy for it, beacause it's damn good music this! [2]...... It was a good strategy of marketing, this act.hahahhahah.... I want them to come to Saudi Arabia.....walla.....c'mon.!!
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ShiningStar911 wrote:
GREAT MUSIC
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kiryukha wrote:
viva la koite, fuck of vista
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kingfm wrote:
viva la vista
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bal-i_cibril wrote:
I Ka Barra ... thx bill gates
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hashbrown_jr wrote:
heard din din wo on youtube and got hooked (kylako) she gorgeous love that song
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GHELIX wrote:
i`ve started to enjoy african mood
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Luis_DonY wrote:
discovered this on my pc from vista- loving what i'm hearing :)
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vajhayanadu wrote:
discovered this on my laptop from vista- loving what i'm hearing :) [4]
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ovelha_leal wrote:
vlw microsoft!
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ovelha_leal wrote:
Aposto que I Ka Barra e Din Din Wo estão na frente por causa que estão no windowns vista.... asudhsahd.. eu só conheço elas... mas muito boas as músicas! ashdusahdusahd
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Fyn_X wrote:
слышал два трэка с аудио висты...очень понравился...
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Your-Homeboy wrote:
just great music
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Hvall wrote:
The only good thing Vista brought me! Great music, got the whole album now and it's just great. Realy powerfull.
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lukaszc tagged Habib Koité & Bamada with mali and african. Tuesday evening
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Photographed (a Work in Progress, updated 5 February 2012)
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5 Feb 2012
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Seen Live (a Work in Progress, updated 10 February 2012)
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