MUSIC

Benkan

Benkan is the debut album from Djékady, a six-piece ensemble led by Grammy-winning musicians Balla Kouyaté, born in Mali, and Mike Block, raised in Kansas, USA. Meaning “it's good to come together” in the Mandinka language, Djékady expands the possibilities of American music by celebrating the cultural richness shaped by global connection.

Listen to Benkan

Tracks

  1. Koromanti #1 / Primpin

  2. Democracy

  3. Farewell to America

  4. Diaraby

  5. Shove the Pig’s Foot a Little Further Into The Fire

  6. Bani

  7. This Land is Your Land

  8. Gansan

  9. Tune for Tunde

  10. Zidomal

  11. This Must Be the Place

  12. Toumamasi