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Habíb Koíté is considered one of Mali's most modern musical artists, not because he uses technology in his sound, but because he composes with such a broad stylistic sensibility. He understands blues, jazz, rock 'n roll and the newer forms of Afropop. Habib's worldliness makes his allegiance to Malian traditional music all the more admirable. He was born to a griot family, but when he was growing up in Kayes, near the Senegal border, his parents made it quite clear that they did not want him to become a musician. Through stealthy sessions with borrowed guitars, he persisted anyway. After his teenage schooling he was invited to enroll in the four-year program at Mali's only music institue, The Institue de Music in Bamako, where he later taught guitar and music theory. Habib chose to play a nylon string guitar because he did't consider himself good enough to compete with Mali's power house lead guitarists, but he ended up developing a unique picking technique that now defines his band's sound.
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