African and French media reported today the passing of Malian vocalist Kasse Mady Diabaté. The acclaimed West African artist died at the age of 69…
Malian Legend Kasse Mady Diabaté Dies at 69
Tag: Malian music
Malian Guitar Maestro Vieux Farka Touré to Perform in Carrboro
Celebrated Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré is set to perform on Thursday, March 1st at 8 PM at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, North Carolina.…
Oumou Sangaré to Perform at Celtic Connections 2018
Acclaimed Malian vocalist Oumou Sangaré is set to perform at Celtic connections festival on January 30, 2018. Sangaré returned from an 8-year recording respite…
Artist Profiles: Toubab Krewe
Toubab Krewe is an instrumental quintet based in Asheville, North Carolina that fuses West African music with American rock. The five members who are childhood…
Artist Profiles: Tama
Tama was a Pan-African world fusion project made in the late 1990s. The Tama album Nostalgie came about when Tom Diakite (Mali), Sam Mills (UK)…
Fatoumata Diawara Releases End Slavery Video
Malian music star Fatoumata Diawara has a new music video titled “Djonya” (slavery in Bambara). The video denounces the atrocities perpetrated against the migrants coming…
Boubacar Traoré’s Dounia Tabolo at the Top of the Transglobal World Music Chart
Dounia Tabolo (Lusafrica) by Malian musician Boubacar Traoré is the number 1 album in December 2017 at the Transglobal World Music Chart. The new recording…
Exhilarating BKO
BKO – Mali Foli Coura (Buda Musique, 2017) Mali continues to produce some of the most fascinating acts in West Africa. One if the finest…
Boubacar Traoré Meets the South
Boubacar Traoré – Dounia Tabolo (Lusafrica, 2017) The master of Malian blues Boubacar Traoré connects with three leading African-American blues and roots music musicians, Cedric…
Leila Gobi’s Malian Trance Music
Leila Gobi – 2017 (Clermont Music CLE 019CD, 2017) Eastern Malian vocalist Leila Gobi has recorded her second album titled 2017, scheduled for release October…