Douga Mansa is a feast of absolutely solo, West African instrumental virtuosity and improvisatory flair. ‘Live’ in the studio, Mamadou Diabate plays kora - a 21-string harp/lute. As a griot/jeli, ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 5:30 p.m. the Northeast Harbor Library will host a free performance of West African kora music by ...

Malian kora master Ballaké Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal first came together in 2009 for their highly-acclaimed debut album Chamber Music, creating a new sound from two seemingly ...

The Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St., will present a very special program with guest Sean Gaskell, according to a news release. Gaskell’s appearance will start at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 for a performance ...

Sona Jobarteh was born in London to a family of Gambian griots, musicians and storytellers who maintain the oral tradition that keeps the histories of their people alive. Jobarteh’s family is one of ...

The world has lost a significant musical ambassador for the Mande people of west Africa – the virtuoso kora player, composer, and collaborator from Mali, Toumani Diabaté . He died on 19 July, just ...

If an African kora-led album is called Electric Griot Land, it'll be different. For years, this instrument - a 21-string harp-lute with half a calabash covered with cow skin as a resonator - has been ...

The kora is a West African harp with 21 strings and a large calabash gourd body. According to Eric Charry, a historian of West African music, the instrument originated in the late 18th century, during ...

Toumani Diabaté, a Malian virtuoso of a 21-string instrument known as the kora, who brought a rich West African musical legacy to audiences around the world with genre-mixing collaborations ranging ...

South African artist Thandiswa Mazwai and the Congo's Werrason were among the big winners at the Kora All-Africa Music Awards, held Dec. 12 at Johannesburg's Sandton Convention Center. By Diane ...