The album “The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere” by Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté has landed at #1 at the Transglobal World Music Chart…
View More Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté Secure Number One Position on Transglobal World Music Chart for June 2023Tag: kora
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Announce US-Canada Tour April-May 2023
Cuban virtuoso pianist Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora master Seckou Keita will be touring the United and Canada as the SUBA Trio featuring Gustavo Ovalles…
View More Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Announce US-Canada Tour April-May 2023Carnegie Hall’s Musical Explorers Concerts Introduce Children to Gullah and Malian Musical Traditions
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…
View More Carnegie Hall’s Musical Explorers Concerts Introduce Children to Gullah and Malian Musical TraditionsGorgeous Kora-Accordion Collaboration
Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto – Instant (Ma Case Records, 2022) Instant is the superb new collaboration between acclaimed Senegalese kora player and vocalist Ablaye…
View More Gorgeous Kora-Accordion CollaborationSenegalese Kora Master Ablaye Cissoko
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…
View More Senegalese Kora Master Ablaye CissokoA Creative Meeting of Hearts, Minds and Fingers
Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita – Echo (bendigedig, 2022) “Echo” is the mesmerizing third album by a remarkable world music duo, harpist Catrin Finch (Wales)…
View More A Creative Meeting of Hearts, Minds and FingersKora Master Sona Jobarteh to Perform at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City
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…
View More Kora Master Sona Jobarteh to Perform at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York CitySuba by Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Number 1 album at Transglobal World Music Chart in December 2021
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…
View More Suba by Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Number 1 album at Transglobal World Music Chart in December 2021Kora and Cello Concert with Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal at London Roundhouse
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…
View More Kora and Cello Concert with Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal at London RoundhouseMandinka Values Expressed Through Exquisite Kora
Kadialy Kouyaté – Aado – Senegalese Kora (Naxos World/ARC Music, 2021) Senegalese kora maestro, composer and educator Kadialy Kouyaté has released Aado, an album of…
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