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'The Paris metro is my office,' Pedro Kouyaté

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Malian guitarist and N'goni player Pedro Kouyaté began as a percussionist with Malian bluesman Boubacar Traoré but broke away to try his luck as a solo musician. He found a loyal following playing in the Paris metro and passengers voted him "best instrumental musician 2016". 

Pedro Kouyaté plays ngoni in the Paris metro.
Pedro Kouyaté plays ngoni in the Paris metro. Alison Hird/RFI
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Subway fans have enabled Kouyaté to produce four albums and perform live, most recently with his band of fine jazz musicians at Paris's Café de la Danse. But after 10 years underground, he feels he's ready to surface. He's looking for a producer to take his music to the widest audience possible. As he tells RFI, "when you're a griot, music is not just for your family, it's for everyone."

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