release of SUBA in October 2021, Keita will be touring across the UK, France and Hungary with Catrin Finch, Omar Sosa, and Spell Songs until mid-July 2022. In April 2022, Seckou Keita was co-nominated for two Songlines Awards for his collaborations with Sosa and Spell Songs. Awards, Nominations and Achievements 1998: Honorary mention in the International Songwriting Competition – Instrumental Category 2001: Nomination for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards – Audience choice 2010: Silimbo Passage, No.1 in the iTunes World Music Chart 2012: Miro, No.1 in the European World Music Chart 2013: Clychau Dibon fRoots Critics Poll Album of the Year 2014: Clychau Dibon No.1 in the Amazon World Music Chart 2014: Clychau Dibon Top Ten World Albums - MOJO Magazine 2014: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards - nominees Best Duo and Best Traditional Track (for Les Bras De Mer) with Catrin Finch 2014: Best Cross Cultural Collaboration with Catrin Finch - Songlines Magazine 2015: 22 Strings voted as one of Sing Out!’s Top Ten Albums for 2015 2015: 22 Strings Runner-Up for Best Packaged CD in the fRoots Awards 2015 2016: 22 Strings Nominated for Best Artist - Africa & Middle East Category - Songlines Music Awards 2016: 22 Strings Winner Best Album - Africa and Middle East Category - Songlines Music Awards 2018: SOAR is Number one in the Transglobal World Music Charts for June 2018 2018: SOAR is nominated for the Welsh Music Prize 2018. 2018: SOAR wins Best Transregional Album 2018 in the Transglobal World Music Chart Awards 2018: SOAR wins Songlines Magazine Best Fusion Album 2018 2018: SOAR wins fRoots Critics Poll Album of the Year 2018 2019: Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita win 'Best Duo/Band' in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 2019: Seckou Keita wins 'Musician Of The Year' in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 2022: Songlines Awards nominations for Spell Songs (Europe category) and SUBA with Omar Sosa (Fusion category) Discography Albums 2000: Seckou Keita - Baiyo (Orphan), later reissued as Mali 2003: Jalikunda Cissokho - Lindianeafter 2006: Seckou Keita Quartet - Tama Silo: Afro Mandinka Soul 2008: Seckou Keita Quartet - Silimbo Passage 2012: Seckou Keita - Miro 2013: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Clychau Dibon 2015: Seckou Keita - 22 Strings 2017: Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita - Transparent Water 2018: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - SOAR 2019: AKA Trio - Joy 2021: