French guitarist and producer Yohann Le Ferrand has released “Yeko“, an EP album with some of West Africa’s greatest singers, including Mamani Keita, Salimata “Tina”…
Rising Malian artist Rokia Koné has released another new video titled ‘Kurunba‘. The song will appear in Koné’s upcoming album “Bamanan“. On ‘Kurunba’, Rokia sings…
Vocalist Rokia Koné, one of Mali’s most cherished artists, has teamed up with California-based Irish rock producer Jacknife Lee to release an album titled “Bamanan”…
This week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added the bolon (also spelled m’bolon and nbolon) to the List of Intangible Cultural…
Al Bilali Soudan is a Tuareg band from Mali that plays acoustic music rooted in tradition. The family members of Al Bilali Soudan from Timbuktu…
Malian star Oumou Sangaré will be touring to present her Acoustic (Nø Førmat) album in Europe in late 2021. Sangaré’s unplugged tour will be available…
Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra – Kôrôlén (World Circuit Records, 2021) Kôrôlén is a truly exquisite collaboration between kora maestro Toumani Diabaté and…
The album ‘Anoura’ from Malian musician Anansy Cissé is the number album for May 2021 at the World Music Charts Europe. ‘Anoura’ is Cissé’s second…
Kôrôlén, the new collaborative album from kora virtuoso Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra, is out today on World Circuit Records. Commissioned as a…
Malia kora maestro Ballaké Sissoko has released a music video for the musical piece ‘Jeu Sur La Symphonie Fantastique.’ The track features longtime collaborator cellist…