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Malian music star Toumani Diabate passed away after a short illness, his family announced over the weekend. Music lovers across the planet paid tribute to a master instrumentalist who helped share ...

I have lately been listening to Kassé Mady Diabaté, a titan of Malian music who was the lead singer of Badema National in the 1970’s and 80’s. The irresistible modal grooves… Mali presents us with a ...

Seya means ‘joy’. Oumou Sangare’s new disc is very joyful, her voice magnificent, her musicians splendid. The Malian diva is delighting listeners, at home and abroad. Her original songs also make them ...

Musician Toumani Diabaté of Mali and his 21-string kora, photographed at WOMAD -- the World of Music, Arts and Dance festival held yearly in the United Kingdom. Diabaté died on July 19 at age 58. "He ...

Oumou Sangaré’s first five albums for the British World Circuit label stuck mostly to the raunchy Wassoulou style, characterized by pentatonic style and irresistible loping polyrhythms; but her first ...

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Mali’s “king of kora” Toumani Diabaté died last Friday, 19 July, at the age of 58, after a short illness, the musician’s family announced on social media. “My dear dad is gone forever,” the Malian ...

BAMAKO - Mali's "king of kora" Toumani Diabate died on Friday at the age of 58 following a short illness, the musician's family announced on social media. "My dear dad is gone forever," the Malian ...

Lucy Duran introduces a session from Malian vocalist Oumou Sangare, and Robin Denselow reports on the music of the newly-independent South Sudan. Show more Lucy Duran is joined in the World Routes ...

"My dear dad is gone forever," the Malian great's son Sidiki Diabate, who is also a musician, wrote on Facebook. Toumani Diabate was a master of the African stringed instrument, the kora. He died at a ...