Performer Name: Sura Susso

Show Name: Sura Susso (Duo)

Show Description

Sura Susso Duo consists of Sura on vocals/kora with percussion . He can also perform as a trio (with a percussionist & balafon) or solo (listed separately). Standard fee for duo £1200 and his solo fee listed separately, fees negotiable depending on venue capacity and other factors, contact us to discuss what works best for your venue. Sura Susso was born in The Gambia, into a family of griots. Griots, referred to in Mandinka as Jali, are cultural figures in society across West Africa who carry the cultural knowledge and identity of the people, he plays the Kora ( a 22 string African harp) and is a singer/songwriter. His father, Mamudou Susso, is a renowned kora player in The Gambia, and his late mother, Fatou Bintu Cissokho, originally from the Casamance region of Senegal, was a formidable singer and percussionist. Sura moved to the UK at the age of seventeen, as the percussionist in his brother’s band, the Seckou Keita Quintet. He has worked with and performed alongside renown international musicians which include Baaba Maal, Rokia Traore, Habib Koite and Sona Jobarteh. His quest to promote the traditional music from his cultural roots in The Gambia and his fascination with experimenting new genres have led him to perform and record in a number of interesting cross-cultural settings, including collaborations with the great British-German violinist Maximilian Baillie, Chinese erhu player Ling Peng, Indian sitarist Purbayan Chatterjee, French jazz trumpeter Erik Truffaz, South African opera singer Pumeza, Spanish-Senegalese band Africai, British multi-instrumentalist Pete Josef and an album with the duo ‘Askew and Avis’, called Kora Song Radio. Sura performed at Braich Goch in Corris and The Hanging Gardens in Llanidloes in December 2024 and was received amazingly, we hope to tour more of Wales in 2025.

Whatever the venue has available.
Duo Tech Spec : 1. DI for Kora: - Quantity: 1 - Preferred Model: Radial J48 or equivalent 2. Vocal Microphones: - Quantity: 2 - Preferred Model: Shure SM58 or equivalent - Microphone Stands: 2 boom stands 3. Calabash (Bass Drum) Microphone: - Quantity: 1 - Preferred Model: AKG D112 or equivalent - Microphone Stand: 1 short boom stand 5. Percussion Overhead Microphones: - Quantity: 2 - Preferred Model: AKG C214 or equivalent - Microphone Stands: 2 tall boom stands 6. Monitor Speakers: - Quantity: 2 - Preferred Model: JBL PRX815W or equivalent 30min load in time and 1hr soundcheck
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Sura Susso was born in The Gambia, into a family of griots. Griots, referred to in Mandinka as Jali, are cultural figures in society across West Africa who carry the cultural knowledge and identity of the people. He is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with his man instrument being the 22 string African harp called the kora. His father, Mamudou Susso, is a renowned kora player in The Gambia, and his late mother, Fatou Bintu Cissokho, originally from the Casamance region of Senegal, was a formidable singer and percussionist. Sura moved to the UK at the age of seventeen, as the percussionist in his brother’s band, the Seckou Keita Quintet. He has worked with and performed alongside renown international musicians which include Baaba Maal, Rokia Traore, Habib Koite and Sona Jobarteh. His quest to promote the traditional music from his cultural roots in The Gambia and his fascination with experimenting new genres have led him to perform and record in a number of interesting cross-cultural settings, including collaborations with the great British-German violinist Maximilian Baillie, Chinese erhu player Ling Peng, Indian sitarist Purbayan Chatterjee, French jazz trumpeter Erik Truffaz, South African opera singer Pumeza, Spanish-Senegalese band Africai, British multi-instrumentalist Pete Josef and an album with the duo ‘Askew and Avis’, called Kora Song Radio.