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Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni more »
From Mali
Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni is one of the key members of the renowned Toureg group Tinariwen, who are currently enjoying a fantastic response to their ne&hellip » read more
Afel Bocoum more »
From Mali
Born in Niafunke in Northern Mali, Afel Bocoum is a virtuoso guitarist of the Sonrai country, where music is tinged by the desert and gets its rhythm &hellip » read more
Afrocubism more »
Fourteen years late, the all-star summit meeting finally happens Whatever - or whoever - you believe is responsible for order in the universe, some th&hellip » read more
Amadou & Mariam more »
From Mali
Right now it feels like the defining album in a long and notable career -- an album already gone nuclear in France and looking set to charm and captur&hellip » read more
Bako Dagnon more »
From Mali
No musical culture from Africa has had more international exposure and acclaim than that of the griots of Manden, the old heartland of the great Mali &hellip » read more
Ballaké Sissoko more »
From Mali
Ballaké Sissoko is a master of the kora, a harp with twenty-one strings and a crystalline, cascading sound. After performing with the renowned Ensembl&hellip » read more
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal more »
Kora and cello duet - both featherlight and heavyweight If Toumani Diabate had chosen on a different path in life, Ballake Sissoko would be the planet&hellip » read more
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba more »
From Mali
Mali's triumphant album-of-the-year heroes Despite having spent many years as a sideman to some of West Africa's greatest musicians from Ali Farka T&hellip » read more
Boubacar Traoré more »
From Mali
2001 Biography: Boubacar Traoré was born in Kayes, in 1942, in the Bambara region of Mali. His nickname, Kar Kar was given to him when he was the loc&hellip » read more
Diak Haso more »
Africa is the heart of music and dance, these artistic expressions were a reflection of the feelings of the people, being an essential part of their c&hellip » read more
Djan Djan more »
The kora of Mali's Mamadou Diabate, tabla of Mumbai's Bobby Singh and searing acoustic blues guitar of Australia's Jeff Lang first came together for a&hellip » read more
Djelimady Tounkara more »
From Mali
It?d be like Keith Richards showing up for work every day at the Paddington Station branch of Yo! Sushi to play marathon sets to peckish commuters. Th&hellip » read more
Donso more »
Malian tradition meets Parisian futurism "I had no interest in making house music with African voices over it. That's already been done to death. It h&hellip » read more
Fatoumata Diawara more »
From Mali
Oumou Sangare's old backing singer takes her place in the sun Over the past 25 or so years, Malian music has dominated how Europe hears West African &hellip » read more
Habib Koité more »
From Mali
Malian guitarist Habib Koité is one of Africa's most popular and recognised musicians. Habib Koité was born in 1958 in Thiès, a Senegalese town situat&hellip » read more
Issa Bagayogo more »
From Mali
Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2002: The west African nation of Mali is going through a curious boom time right now. Not only are new roads and buil&hellip » read more
Kandia Kouyate more »
From Mali
Biography from Stern's, London For sheer power and beauty of voice, few can match Mali's Kandia Kouyate, a voice considered as a national treasure. &hellip » read more
Kasse Mady Diabate more »
From Mali
Aunque sin el renombre de otros griots de Mali como Salif Keita, Kasse Mady Diabate, nacido en Kéla en 1949, es una de las voces más hermosas del oest&hellip » read more
Khaira Arby more »
From Mali
Distinguished diva from a point north of Timbuktu Family connections don't always provide a leg-up on the ladder of life. Take Khaira Arby, for instan&hellip » read more
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