Mali News » Bamako News Mali » Bamako » Music: Toumani Diabaté, world music master of Mali’s stringed kora, dies at 58
Toumani Diabaté, a Malian virtuoso of a 21-string instrument known as the kora, who brought a rich West African musical legacy to audiences around the world with genre-mixing collaborations ranging ...
News Mali » Bamako » Music: Listen to the vanishing sounds of Mali’s legendary music scene
BAMAKO, Mali — The band had just taken the stage on a recent Saturday night when the power cut out. The club was plunged into darkness. The lead guitarist was one of the most famous in Mali, and the ...
News Mali » Bamako » Music: Bamako's 'Downloaders' Guide Mali Music Scene
For practically no cost, young men on the streets of the Malian capital, Bamako, will put the latest hit songs onto your cell phone or memory stick. They are called “telechargeurs,” or “downloaders.” ...
News Mali » Bamako » Music: Toumani Diabaté, Malian Master of the Kora, Is Dead at 58
He believed that music could transcend national borders set by colonialism and restore ancient ties, even as it embraced the changes of a globalizing society. By Giovanni Russonello Toumani Diabaté, a ...
News Mali » Bamako » Music: ‘Bamako*Chicago Sound System’ Review: Mali to the Midwest
The new release “Bamako*Chicago Sound System” (FPE Records) opens like the master-shot sequence of a documentary about a community, as its members settle in together.
News Mali » Bamako » Music: In Memoriam: Amadou Bagayoko (Amadou and Mariam), a sad sunday in Bamako
Blinded at the age of 15 due to early and severe cataracts, Amadou was born in his beloved Mali in 1954 and passed away this 4 April at the age of 70. Since the 1980s, his artistic journey and ...