Combining the features of a harp and lute, but with an appearance similar to a banjo or cello, Sean Gaskell has been studying ...

N'Faly Kouyate says his electric kora, also known as an African harp, was designed so that it could be taken as hand luggage and stored in overhead lockers on flights. He says the instrument can ...

The new release “Bamako*Chicago Sound System” (FPE Records) opens like the master-shot sequence of a documentary about a ...

The Laurel County Public Library welcomed musician Sean Gaskell to perform in the library's auditorium last Wednesday. The artist specializes in playing the West African kora, a long-necked harp which ...

African folk music is about tapping into the continent's soul. It’s about the stories, rhythms, and voices that make you feel something deep, stirring nostalgia, and pride. These artists are keeping ...

Senegal and Gambia to follow the trail of the kora, a unique West African harp with 21 strings, said to have been created by the djinns. The film is based on nearly half a century of research by Durán ...

Catamount Arts and Upright Steeple Society present Yacouba Sissoko, live at York Street Meeting House, Thursday, September 26 ...

Monks in blue-grey habits lift their hands in supplication before breaking into a chant accompanied by the singsong twang of the kora, a traditional West African harp. "This is an instrument that ...

The singer Mory Kanté, who helped bring African music to world audiences with hits like Yéké Yéké, has died in Guinea. Kanté died in hospital on Friday in the capital, Conakry, aged 70, his ...

For instance, many people in West Africa use calabashes to make bowls and utensils, while others use them to make instruments like Sèkèrè and kora, which are like a maraca and a lute-harp ...