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Segu Blues by Bassekou Kouyate wins BBC Award Bassekou Kouyate Bassekou Kouyate's debut album "Segu Blue" has been announced the winner of "Album of the Year - Critics Award", part of the annual BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Bassekou Kouyate is a ngoni master from Mali with a band Ngoni ba, a quartet of ngoni players—treble, mid range and bass—augmented by Kouyate's wife, Ami Sacko, on lead vocals, and two percussionists. Nearly 300 writers, musicians, activists and other people in the business were asked to vote for Album of the Year in the World music genre. The voting was conducted by fRoots Magazine. Segu Blue emerged a clear winner ahead of other tough competitors like Andy Palacio's "Watina" as well as Tinariwen's "Aman Iman". Read More Add Comment (0)

"Cottage in Negril"creator Tyrone Taylor dies at 50 Tyrone Taylor The originator of the seminal lovers rock anthem "Cottage in Negril", Tyrone Taylor passed away on 1st December this year in Kingston, Jamaica, after a battle with prostate cancer. Tyrone Taylor was 50 years old and suffered two strokes these last years. Although the late Tyrone Taylor was in the music throughout the 1970's recording songs as the heavy 'Sufferation' in 1978 produced by Niney The Observer on Weed Beat label, Tyrone Taylor didn't know success until his biggest hit issued from the 1983 great album 'Cottage In A Negril' released on Love Time label. Read More Add Comment (0)

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