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 ...

Damon Albarn gets around. The Blur frontman and co-creator of Gorillaz now has his hands in a new project—Mali Music. By Billboard Staff Damon Albarn gets around. The Blur frontman and co-creator of ...

Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn's collaboration with musicians from Mali will be released July 30 in North America via Honest Jon's/Astralwerks. The album, "Mali Music," is an attempt to… By ...

BAMAKO, Mali — The band had just taken the stage on a recent Saturday night when the power cut out. The club was plunged into darkness. The lead guitarist was one of the most famous in Mali, and the ...

Mali Music is a three-time Grammy-nominated artist, producer and composer with roots in gospel, R&B, and hip-hop. He is widely known for his albums The Coming and The 2econd Coming and collaborations ...

The world has lost a significant musical ambassador for the Mande people of west Africa – the virtuoso kora player, composer, and collaborator from Mali, Toumani Diabaté. He died on 19 July, just ...

Fatoumata Diawara lives in Paris currently, but she is a musician in exile. In this, she is not alone. Diawara’s native Mali, a nation that, perhaps more than any other, defines itself through its ...

The passing of celebrated Malian flautist, composer and arranger Boncana Maïga at the age of 77 truly marks the end of an era in the music of west Africa. He was a charismatic performer and bandleader ...