We're adapting the way the kora and the oud are played...using contemporary choices within traditional forms. Seattle's Kane Mathis is one of the world's leading performers on the kora, the ...
After a four-year lull in activity between tenor saxophone-playing Neville Brother Charles Neville and Senegal, Africa-born kora player Youssoupha Sidibe, the time has arrived for their collaborative ...
CD Release Party at The Jewelbox Theater (Rendevouz Restaurant & Bar, 2322 Second Ave., Seattle; $12 (206-441-5823 or jewelboxtheater.com). Why are there no new musical instruments? It’s as if the ...
The renowned Malian composer-instrumentalist, Toumani Diabate, picking the strings of the kora. A creative mind conjures up images and phrases derived from inspired sources to create an artistically ...
The influence of world music is apparent in the music of Sydney singer-songwriter Miriam Lieberman. However, it’s Lieberman’s innovative use of the kora, a traditional West African instrument with 24 ...
Electric Kora Sounds is the modern music of the young Mandingo people, created by contemporary musicians and made popular by the famous Gambia band called Ifangbondi. Ifangbondi who invented Afro ...
SOAS, University of London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The untimely death of Mali’s Toumani Diabaté at the age of 58 has shocked the music world. The sheer number of tributes, ...
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