Renowned Mali musician Ballaké Sissoko claimed today that US Customs in New York "completely destroyed" his custom-made kora, the West African instrument with which he performs. "The kora is a fragile ...

His ancestors were the voices of kings. His surname identifies him as a member of a musical family that can trace its genealogy to the 13th century, a lineage of storytellers, singers and musicians, ...

The kora of renowned Malian musician Ballaké Sissoko was broken by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, the instrumentalist claims. The West African musician was traveling to Paris from ...

Hey US Customs! Look, we get it — you and the TSA work a largely thankless job where your main responsibility is keeping people safe, yet everybody still thinks you’re mean. So we can forgive the ...

We're adapting the way the kora and the oud are played...using contemporary choices within traditional forms. Seattle's Kane Mathis is one of the world's leading performers on the kora, the ...

If you’re anything like us here at the A.K. Smiley Public Library, two things immediately come to mind when thinking about the winter holidays: music and food. While classic carols and traditional ...

A famed Malian musician took to social media on Wednesday to mourn the loss of a priceless instrument he claims was destroyed by the Transportation Security Administration at JFK Airport.

mhm. The kora is made of a big gord. Um and that's just half of it. So it would have been basically a sphere. You can't grow one like that around here. This one came from Mali West Africa, John Hughes ...

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When Ballake Sissoko, a renowned kora player from Mali, looked in his case at his Paris home after flying from New York, he found the instrument in pieces. By Maria Cramer A renowned Malian musician ...

A renowned Malian musician said when he came back to Paris on Monday from a concert tour in the United States, he opened the case to his kora and found the instrument in pieces. The musician, Ballake ...

Derek Gripper was a musician with a problem. He'd been playing classical music since he was 6 years old — violin, then piano and finally guitar. He was poised for an international career as a ...