Sona Jobarteh. Photo by Tony Rath, courtesy of the artist. In many West African cultures, griots serve as communal memory banks, transmitting a people’s history, rituals, folklore and values from ...

Sona Jobarteh was born in London to a family of Gambian griots, musicians and storytellers who maintain the oral tradition that keeps the histories of their people alive. Jobarteh’s family is one of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The A.K. Smiley Public Library presents an encore performance of “Music of the West African Kora,” presented by Sean Gaskell at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the Contemporary Club. The A.K. Smiley ...

The Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St., will present a very special program with guest Sean Gaskell, according to a news release. Gaskell’s appearance will start at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 for a performance ...

The African and American musicians who play in Kora Konnection demonstrate, in music and method, the link between West Africa and New Orleans. Kora Konnection features Morikeba Kouyate, a Senegalese ...

Due to travel issues, US Congolese KORA Music Award winner Awilo Longomba (Rhumba legend), has not performed or even stepped on US soil in three years. Until now. Finally, those who appreciate the ...

The Grand Island Public Library will host a Mega Monday program filled with music on July 10. Sean Gaskell will give a performance and educational demonstration on the kora, an ancient 21-stringed ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Cuban piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora (21-string harp lute) ...