[{"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "N\u2019famady Kouyate\u0301 is a young master musician from Guinea (Conakry), now based in Cardiff. A talented multi-instrumentalist, his primary instrument is the balafon \u2013 a traditional wooden xylophone, sacred to West African culture and his family heritage of the griot. N\u2019famady plays both as a solo artist and with a full band line up as The Successors of the Mandingue. His arrangements are a fusion of Mandingue African with western European jazz, pop, indie and funk influences provided by an ever-evolving collective of musicians."}]