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 ...

KORA All Africa Music Awards, the African continent’s first award ceremony in the musical arts will be holding this March. KORA All Africa Music Awards, the African continent’s first award ceremony in ...

This week Rhythm Planet explores the beauties of the kora, the traditional West African 21-string harp-lute.

BOSTON, MA, US, March 26, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Legendary kora virtuoso and educational pioneer Sona Jobarteh continues her critically acclaimed 2024 North ...

For Sona Jobarteh, Africa's first woman to play the sacred kora professionally, breaking with tradition has not been easy. At Abidjan's FEMUA urban music festival, which closes in the Ivory Coast city ...

Toumani Diabaté, a Malian virtuoso of a 21-string instrument known as the kora, who brought a rich West African musical legacy to audiences around the world with genre-mixing collaborations ranging ...

For Sona Jobarteh, Africa's first woman to play the sacred kora professionally, breaking with tradition has not been easy.