This week, thousands of New York City elementary school children will visit Carnegie Hall for Musical Explorers concerts that spotlight three African and African American…
Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto – Instant (Ma Case Records, 2022) Instant is the superb new collaboration between acclaimed Senegalese kora player and vocalist Ablaye…
Kora master, vocalist, and composer Kimintang Mahamadou Cissoko, better known as Ablaye Cissoko, was born in 1970 in Kolda, Senegal. His first live concert with…
Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita – Echo (bendigedig, 2022) “Echo” is the mesmerizing third album by a remarkable world music duo, harpist Catrin Finch (Wales)…
Gambian singer, kora master, and multi-instrumentalist Sona Jobarteh is set to perform on Sunday, March 20, 2022 at Peter Norton Symphony Space in Manhattan, New…
Suba, the new collaboration by Cuban pianist Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita is the top album at Transglobal World Music Chart in…
Acclaimed kora player Ballaké Sissoko and cello virtuoso Vincent Ségal are set to perform on Monday, January 24, 2022 at the London Roundhouse in the…
Kadialy Kouyaté – Aado – Senegalese Kora (Naxos World/ARC Music, 2021) Senegalese kora maestro, composer and educator Kadialy Kouyaté has released Aado, an album of…
Kora maestro Ballaké Sissoko has released a second album in 2021 titled “A Touma” (Nø Førmat!). Earlier this year he released the acclaimed collaboration album,…
Maher Cissoko – Cissoko Heritage (Ajabu! Records, 2021) Kora master Maher Cissoko has released his second solo album. Originally from Casamance in southern Senegal, Maher…