Ironically, she ended up making her mark in a world that was even less welcoming for women: as a virtuoso of the kora, the majestic 21-string instrument that her West African griot family has ...

One half of the husband-and-wife duo Amadou & Mariam, the Grammy-nominated blind guitarist and singer died on Friday ...

Friends, family and fans flocked in mourning to the home of Malian music star Amadou Bagayoko on Saturday a day after he died aged 70, AFP reporters saw.

They often sing the history accompanied by the kora, a string instrument that resembles both a harp and a guitar. 'The puzzle you cannot miss' Antonio Queba Banjai, a descendant of the last ...

On this month’s “Liberation,” the fedora-wearing blues-rocker from Oregon discusses motherhood, dips into the rockabilly ...

Bela Fleck, jazz harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sánchez bring their new trio to SF for three shows ...

Gnawa music has always been about breaking down barriers. With ecstatic vocalizations, stringed instruments and clashing ...

• The San Diego Early Music Society presents a performance by 12-voice ensemble Stile Antico at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, ...

Known as “the blind couple from Mali," the duo of Amadou Bagayoko, who lost his vision at age 16, and Mariam Doumbia, who became blind at age 5 as a consequence of untreated measles, rose to ...

Guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of star Malian music duo Amadou & Mariam has died aged 70 following an illness, his ...

With ecstatic vocalizations, stringed instruments and clashing percussion ... music with electronic production but also an electric kora — creating a sub-Saharan rave sung in Arabic, French ...

Amadou Ndiaye meticulously ran his fingers across bumps in a piece of paper, making sense of the world he can no longer see.