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Sadio Cissokho

Sadio Cissokho delivers his music straight from the Casamance region of Senegal exporting fierce sabar drum patterns and the national dance style of mballax as well as diambadong, eekon kon and manding afro beat. Griot kora master Sadio Cissokho was born into a musically famous Jali family which have functioned as carriers of history and tradition in the Southern region of the country for over 700 years. His enchanting Mandinka struggle songs are accompanied by West African bass grooves bound by the forceful Casamance drum kit sound bringing the experience of modern Senegal directly to you.

Sadio Cissokho - Kora, vocals
Adama Cissokho - Vocals

Mouctar Ndiongue - Drumkit
Edd Bateman - Bass

Abdouleye Badji - Percussion

Aged 18 Sadio first left Senegal in 1996 performing with his brother Solo Cissokho for a tour that took them everywhere between India and Norway. In 2002 he first visited the UK playing at Womad and Glastonbury festivals and returned in 2003 touring with the all family group Jalikunda Cissokho promoting their album 'Lyndiane'. After more European tours and releasing 2 solo albums for l’Alliance Franco-Sénégalaise Sadio was awarded 'Best Casamance musician of 2009'.

Links

The Band play Tonia:

Extra performance from Sadio during the making of the video above on YouTube.

Snippet of Performance at the Plantation  20-Nov-2010 on YouTube

More of Sadio’s Kora playing on YouTube from 24 Mar 2011

Singing workshop with Adama in Africa:

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