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The Mango Joe Trio performs at wineries and wine bars, breweries, coffee houses, festivals, and farmers markets, offering a smooth and fun mixture of original music, along with a few popular favorites, drawing on influences from Mango Joe's 25 years of living abroad. His recordings with musicians from Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Togo, Cape Verde, Finland, Ukraine, Germany, China, Nepal, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Paraguay, present a style of music which speaks to the common experiences we all share. Contact us for live shows (2-3 hours of originals, classic rock and country covers), African drumming and/or ukulele workshops, school programs and university academic presentations on the musicology of west Africa.

Mango Joe's album Four Continents is loaded in the player, a collection of 18 of his own recordings over 12 years from Mali, Mauritania, Finland, China, Nepal, and USA. 

Nicole's Bar Olympia, WA, 03/2026

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Four Continents

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M a l i  K a n

T h e   S o u n d   o f   M a l i

Photographs, culture, history, and 21 recordings from the urban and village masters of Malian music. 

Bamako Foli in the US 2024

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Click to enlarge gallery. Images from Mali, Mauritania, Finland, China, Nepal, USA

Also by Mango Joe

Djembe drumming recorded in Mali

Djembe, Dunun, N'tama, Bala, Vocals

Original music recorded in Hong Kong and China

Artists from China, Ukraine, Cape Verde,

Togo, Paraguay, Venezuela, USA

Folk music recorded in Mali

Free downloads with book purchase

All content is the property of Mango Joe or used for educational purposes from the public domain. All rights reserved

Rusty Eklund has been performing under the stage name "Mango Joe" since 2016. More information on his travels

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