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.

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.

While their home country of Mali has experienced plenty of turmoil in recent years, Songhoy Blues remain resolute and defiant ...

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Kora master Toumani Diabaté was similarly astonished, even confirming if it was indeed just one guitarist performing. This acclaim opened doors for Gripper, leading him to share the stage with ...

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A grower. Toumani Diabaté Kaira (Chrysalis): In recent years, particularly the last decade, Mali has become renowned in European music circles as a hotbed of music we can get our teeth into. Back in ...

Malian musician Oumou Sangaré speaks to David McKenna about her favourite music, being discovered by Ali Farka Touré, and collaborating with Alicia Keys and Tony Allen If you’ve read something you ...