Cooperstown Concerts announced West African kora player Yacouba Sissoko will open its 2024-2025 season at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Farmers’ Museum at 5775 State Route 80 in Cooperstown. According ...

Jeremy Siegel: This is GBH's Morning Edition. The musical instrument called the kora has been played almost exclusively by men since the 13th century, strictly passed down as a family tradition in ...

PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts will present a special duo collaboration between cellist Mike Block and master kora player Yacouba Sissoko this Saturday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Block is a Grammy-winning ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 13, 2022. Described as a cross between a harp, a lute, and a guitar, the kora is part of a musical tradition that dates back to the ...

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, ...

Toumani Diabaté, Malian master of the traditional, 21-stringed West African instrument the kora, has died, The New York Times reports. Diabaté’s manager Saul Presa confirmed the news to The Times, ...

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 ...

Tonight, we want to introduce you to a musician named Sona Jobarteh, who introduced us to the beautiful sound and story of a centuries-old instrument called the kora. It's a string instrument from ...

The musician died this month at age 58. His collaborators are paying tribute to "a great artist who belongs to the world.” "He played those 21 strings with love." That's the great American banjo ...