The world lost one of the great masters of stringed instrumentation the day renowned kora player Ali Farka Touré passed away. Perhaps the saddest part of his death has been that we will never get to ...
We are family: Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté at their home in Kora Credit: Photo: Youri Lenquette Malian kora virtuoso Toumani Diabaté is one of the world’s most creative and personally formidable ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Toumani Diabate comes on the line from his Paris hotel. "Bonjour, Toumani," I open, in my lame schoolboy French. He fires back in a ...
Toumani Diabaté has collaborated with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Damon Albarn, Taj Mahal, Ali Farka Touré and Björk during a career that has spanned decades. Now the Malian kora player teams with ...
Toumani Diabaté is widely considered to be the greatest living kora player, and for almost three decades he's been bringing the rich musical heritage of Mali and West Africa to audiences around the ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As has happened for countless generations, Toumani Diabate learnt the kora from his father, Sidiki, and, in turn, taught his eldest son, ...
Toumani Diabaté, who has died aged 58 after a short illness, was one of the finest African musicians of the past few decades; known as “the king of the kora”, he revelled in fusing his native music ...
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An interview with actor Robert Lindsay; a review of Netflix show Orange is the New Black; an interview with father and son kora stars Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté; Foundling Museum. Show more As Dirty ...
Toumani Diabaté, the most famous exponent of that majestic west African instrument, the kora, can trace his griot musical ancestry back 71 generations. Now he brings in the 72nd – his son Sidiki (who, ...
Toumani Diabaté is a musical giant. The Malian kora player has collaborated with Björk, bluesman Taj Mahal, guitar wizard Ali Farka Touré, Gorillaz/Blur polymath Damon Albarn.… The list goes on, and ...