The untimely death of Toumani Diabaté last summer makes his sometime collaborator (on the groundbreaking album New Ancient Strings) Ballaké Sissoko undisputedly Mali’s finest living kora player.

Nicole Mitchell has sown the seeds of inventive music across the country through time in Chicago’s jazz scene, teaching in ...

The Juno nominee’s acclaimed album Strange Medicine features Taj ... The highly acclaimed group features Malian kora maverick Ballaké Sissoko, France’s renowned cellist Vincent Segal ...

Among Hannibal’s releases was 1999’s “New Ancient Strings,” an innovative collaboration between Ballaké Sissoko and Toumani ... British folk-rock with albums by Fairport Convention ...

AMAYO's new solo album is called Lion Awakes ... J.S. Bach: Prelude BWV 1008 (Second Cello Suite) BALLAKÉ SISSOKO AND DEREK GRIPPER by Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper Everyday Things: Bach's ...

Ballroom Marfa presents "Utopian Futures," featuring world renowned flutist, conceptualist, composer Nicole Mitchell in solo and group interplay with a special configuration of Rob Mazurek's ...

Following the reissue of Toumani Diabaté and Ballaké Sissoko’s New Ancient Strings, in January Chrysalis will release Diabaté’s debut album, 1988’s Kaira.

This broadcast includes new releases from Holly Channell, Anne Sajdera, Roxana Amed, Teri Parker, Michael Mayo, Nicole Mitchell & Ballake Sissoko, Nubya Garcia plus a single from Laila Biali, with ...