News

30 July 2008

A last minute opportunity was offered to Seckou and his quintet to perform at Habour Festival in Bristol on Saturday at 7.20pm. The festival features other great artists such as the Black is Proud show and Alex Wilson … and it is free!!!  We hope to see you there. Respect XX

15 July 2008

The band is now having a well deserved break before the next performance in Wales. The album “The Silimbo Passage” is still receiving great national and international review. It is doing really well and we have just heard that it has reached the top 15 of I tunes world music album sales .

6 May 2008

We are very pleased to present the band’s new album “The Silimbo Passage”. It will be released in Europe on 2 June and in Canada on 17 June. If you would like to listen to samples or to purchase the album go to the shop section. Also to promote the album the ban will be touring all over the UK from 21 May to 21 June 2008. Check out the dates and see if you can come.

27 March 2008

We have just received some fantastic news!! Arts Council England will support our UK and international touring plans for 2008 and 2009.

This will certainly give us financial confidence to build interesting tours around the world and help us develop our profile. We are hoping to achieve 87 performances across 5 continents.. The journey continues!!!

1 March 2008

We have been invited to participate in one of the best festival on this planet in Canada. We are not allowed yet to divulge its name until 3 June but if you are in Canada early July, watch this space. We are grateful for the financial support of PRS foundation, UKTI and Arts Council England to help us with the cost of international travel.

15 February 2008

Just back from a really successful tour in Beautiful Tanzania, we have received some fantastic news. Seckou Keita’s song “Chelima” recorded live in Dakar in 2007 has been selected as a finalist in the
International Songwriting Competition. The finalists were chosen from over 15,000 entrants from all over the world! What a great achievement!!!

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All finalists’ songs have been posted online since February 5th as part of the People’s Voice, an online voting contest that allows the public to listen to all the finalists’ songs and vote for their favourite. The People’s Voice is separate from, and in addition to, the winners selected by ISC’s panel of judges. If you want to support Seckou’s song, you can start voting now.

All other entries are currently in the judges’ hands, and we will announce the winners in April as soon as the judging process is competed.

Watch this space…

15 January 2008

The album is well under way with the last week recording taking place this week. We have really good new sounds and songs which we hope will enchant you.

It is due to be out in May 2008 so watch this space…

We are really excited about going to Tanzania for the Busara showcase/festival and we are very thankful to British Council for their financial support. There is an exciting line up there so if you are thinking of a holiday to break the winter blues, this is the place to go.

We have already a bulk of dates for our UK tour but please keep coming back as we will confirm many more within the next few months.

20/09/2008

New recruit..

We are pleased to announce that the quartet will be working with outstanding Gambian singer Binta Susso in the studio and live. The band is now called Seckou Keita Quartet +.

A new album in the pipeline

The band is working on their new album which will be released in May 2008.

Watch this space…

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