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Ballaké Sissoko

World music
World music

Ballaké Sissoko is a World music act. Their sound grew out of Jordi Savall. Those roots explain a lot about how Ballaké Sissoko arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Toumani Diabaté, Vieux Farka Touré, Amadou & Mariam, Geoffrey Oryema and Baaba Maal, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rajery, Toumani Diabaté, Taj Mahal, Rokia Traoré and Ludovico Einaudi, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Ballaké Sissoko, reaching back through Jordi Savall and forward to Rajery. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ballaké SissokoJordi SavallRajeryToumani DiabatéTaj MahalRokia TraoréLudovico EinaudiVincent PeiraniToumani DiabatéVieux Farka TouréAmadou & MariamGeoffrey OryemaBaaba MaalSamba TouréSonghoy BluesHugh Masekela

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Ballaké Sissoko connections

Ballaké Sissoko grew out of Jordi Savall, shares an orbit with Toumani Diabaté, Vieux Farka Touré, Amadou & Mariam and Geoffrey Oryema, went on to shape Rajery, Toumani Diabaté, Taj Mahal and Rokia Traoré. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Ballaké Sissoko

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