Bassekou Kouyate, Seckou Keita, Yelfris Valdés, Piki Bosch, Hammadi Valdés

Centuries of shared cultural heritage connect Cuba and West Africa, and the same irrepressible rhythms are crucial to the music of both. A new project, AfroCubism Revisited, revisits both some of the music of the album itself - AfroCubism , an album recorded in 2010 by a loose-knit collection of Malian musicians – and the rich historical vein of exchange and collaboration in the music lives of Cuba and West Africa.

The project brings together one veteran from the original sessions – N’goni master Bassekou Kouyaté – with a whole new ensemble of collaborators to explore once more the wealth of possibilities offered by the union of these two traditions.