“How come we’ve never heard of this beautiful instrument until now?” This was posted by a first-year college student to my world music course discussion board recently. He voiced what many of his ...

The Northeast Harbor Library will host a free performance of West African kora music by Washington-based musician Sean ...

The 21-string kora is West Africa’s traditional harp lute. It is part of West African musical history in Senegal, Guinea, Mali, and other countries. It is a beautiful hand-crafted instrument: a large ...

Harare — The Kora-All Africa Music awards have been revived after a two-year lapse owing to logistical problems. Kora, whose main objective is to unite Africans through celebration of excellence, was ...

After a four-year lull in activity between tenor saxophone-playing Neville Brother Charles Neville and Senegal, Africa-born kora player Youssoupha Sidibe, the time has arrived for their collaborative ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 13, 2022. Described as a cross between a harp, a lute, and a guitar, the kora is part of a musical tradition that dates back to the ...

On Thursday, Oct. 12, the St. Charles Public Library will host a special concert featuring the music of the West African kora with Sean Gaskell. The concert will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Carnegie ...

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 ...

The Seventh Kora All Africa Music Awards will be held this year at Gallagher Estates, South Africa, on Saturday November 2. Last year, the awards were broadcast live via CFI satellite and distributed ...

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 ...

In the mid-90s, a renowned businessman/pan-Africanist named Ernest Adjovi from Benin (the "country"; not the "city" in Nigeria) came up with the idea to organise a ...