More than 300 students and their families celebrated Black History Month and Long Beach’s Cesar Chavez Elementary School.

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 ...

This week Rhythm Planet explores the beauties of the kora, the traditional West African 21-string harp-lute.

KORA All Africa Music Awards, the African continent’s first award ceremony in the musical arts will be holding this March. KORA All Africa Music Awards, the African continent’s first award ceremony in ...

BOSTON, MA, US, March 26, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Legendary kora virtuoso and educational pioneer Sona Jobarteh continues her critically acclaimed 2024 North ...

For Sona Jobarteh, Africa's first woman to play the sacred kora professionally, breaking with tradition has not been easy. At Abidjan's FEMUA urban music festival, which closes in the Ivory Coast city ...

The ‘king of the kora’, who died on 19 July at the age of 58 after a short illness, Toumani Diabaté left his mark on the traditional Mandinka repertoire, elevating the West African string instrument ...

For Sona Jobarteh, Africa's first woman to play the sacred kora professionally, breaking with tradition has not been easy.