Offbeat: August 2009
Moving Time
..One of the most recent players to call New Orleans home is Seguenon Kone of the Ivory Coast. Although one emigrant cannot change the face of New Orleans music, Kone's pressence and expertise in African percussion will help reemphasize the African in New Orleans music.. >>read more

Molly Reid, The Times-Picayune
Master stitches diverse sounds together
He is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, dancer and choreographer who was playing music and performing around the world with the National Ballet of the Ivory Coast when he was 14. He formed his own dance company when he was only 21... >>read more

nola.com
Jazz Fest Video Profile on Seguenon Kone
Seguenon Kone rehearses with his group "Ensemble Fatien" at NOCCA for an upcoming performance at the Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell>>view video

by Keith Spera, Music writer, The Times-Picayune
Seguenon Kone's African jazz invasion at Jazz Fest
Ivory Coast native Seguenon Kone arrived in New Orleans approximately 250 years after African influences first began to shape the city's culture. But he's caught up, quickly ingratiating himself since moving here a year ago.>>read more