Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “How come we’ve never heard of this beautiful instrument until now?” This was posted by a first-year college student to my world ...

His ancestors were the voices of kings. His surname identifies him as a member of a musical family that can trace its genealogy to the 13th century, a lineage of storytellers, singers and musicians, ...

Musician Toumani Diabaté of Mali and his 21-string kora, photographed at WOMAD -- the World of Music, Arts and Dance festival held yearly in the United Kingdom. Diabaté died on July 19 at age 58. "He ...

The Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St., will present a very special program with guest Sean Gaskell, according to a news release. Gaskell’s appearance will start at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 for a performance ...

It has been said that Ali Boulo Santo was “born with a kora in his hands,” and he is surely one of his generation’s most refined experts in the traditional skills that run in the Cissoko family.

"He played those 21 strings with love." That's the great American banjo player Bela Fleck talking about his duets with Toumani Diabaté of Mali — including the crowd-pleaser "Dueling Banjos." Fleck ...