Says Solo Cissokho, the internationally acclaimed Kora player He creates an entirely new world when he takes the center stage and plays his state of the art instrument Kora. He has taken the national ...

“How come we’ve never heard of this beautiful instrument until now?” This was posted by a first-year college student to my world music course discussion board recently. He voiced what many of his ...

Renowned Mali musician Ballaké Sissoko claimed today that US Customs in New York "completely destroyed" his custom-made kora, the West African instrument with which he performs. "The kora is a fragile ...

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 ...