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N'famady Kouyate and BEMIS

Date 29th Jan 2022 7.30pm - 10.00pm Price £16.50* Under 14s should be accompanied by an adult Location Tramway Book tickets *A 10% booking fee is included in the ticket price, as advertised. At check-out this fee will be shown separately for receipt purposes and to ensure the face value of your ticket is correct. Prices are subject to change. Prices may vary on the night of a show. Transactions fees may vary depending on event.

Please note that the updated main artist for this show is N'famady Kouyate. Unfortunately, Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy are unable to perform.

N’famady Kouyaté is a young energetic master musician from Guinea (Conakry), who relocated to Cardiff (Wales) in 2019. A talented multi-instrumentalist who wowed audiences across the UK and Ireland during autumn/winter 2019/20 with his modern interpretations of traditional West African Mandingue songs and rhythms supporting Gruff Rhys on the Pang! album tour. N’famady’s primary instrument is the balafon – the traditional wooden xylophone, sacred to West African culture and his family heritage of the griot/djeli. In Guinea he founded ‘Les Héritiers du Mandingue’ a tradi-modern group that toured extensively in West Africa.

Celtic Connections in the Community is a partnership between BEMIS Scotland and Celtic Connections that facilitates diverse, local community participation in Scotland’s premier international festival. Glasgow has benefitted from generations of immigration from all over the world. Glasgow Balafon Orchestra, Ando Glaso Collective and Rathú will support N’famady Kouyaté at this Tramway show.

These events showcase the cities diverse talent at a local community level before bringing the artists together for a showcase finale concert alongside a prestigious international act.

Celtic Connections in the Community is now in its 3rd year. The programme in 2022 includes Afro Celtic Connections with the Glasgow Balafon Orchestra and a unique Southside, Govanhill celebration between the Roma and Irish communities both of whom share a common love or music, song and dance. On Saturday the 29th of January the African, Roma and Irish artists will join N’famady Kouyaté and The Successors of the Mandingue for a pulsating night of traditional, roots and global music. This concert is Celtic Connections in a nutshell.