A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by reverence for tradition. By Giovanni Russonello Foday Musa Suso, a griot, ...
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 ...
As part of International Women’s Month, Sony Music West Africa will be holding a ‘Bloom & Bloom’ event on 19-20 March in ...
Covering three continents and four centuries, Bloomington Early Music Festival 2025 is devoted to early music of Black Africans and their descendants. Only during the past few decades have many of ...