VESKO, French producer, composer and percussionist has a musical heart that beats to the rhythm of Malian music. This talented RFI artist released his first solo album “De Bamako…”.
VESKO arrived in Bamako at the age of 17, where he was trained by the great musicians Sidiki Camara then Ibrahima Sarr. He will make his weapons in the marriages of the Malian capital in which he plays percussion.
For his first album, composed between Paris and Bamako, he multiplies the featuring with beautiful voices: Maïmouna Soumbounou, Manu Sissoko or Cheik Siriman Sissoko.
“De Bamako…”, an RFI talent album to discover now!
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