She is the granddaughter of the Master Griot Amadu Bansang whilst her cousin is he well-known, celebrated Kora player Toumani Diabaté. As a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and producer Sona ...
Ballaké Sissoko undisputedly Mali’s finest living kora player. Diabaté had fallen largely silent in the years before he died, apart from a glorious one-take collaborative record with the ...
Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Toumani Diabaté, who sadly passed away in ...
The new Avatar is dealing with the ramifications of a “devastating cataclysm” and battling “spirit enemies.” Considering that ...
The show’s success paved the way for The Legend of Korra, chronicling the adventures of the next Avatar in the line of ...
The kora originated in Gambia 750 years ago and Amadou is a direct descendant of the first kora player; Korea Musa Suso. Originally it was a 7 stringed instrument but over time has evolved into the 22 ...
Warframe has been getting increasingly, delightfully weird over the last couple of years, leading up to last year's ...
Steve Miller has teamed up with a variety of international musicians on a new version of his classic hit “Fly Like an Eagle” for the Playing for Change organization.
British jazz legend Shabaka Hutchings, playing at this month’s WOMADelaide music festival, holds a deep passion for the ...
The great Máirtín O’Connor, Belfast-bound for the St Patrick’s Music Festival next month, on music’s reconciling power ...