The last album of kora duets Toumani Diabaté played on was New Ancient Strings in 1997 on which he played with Ballaké Sissoko. The pair’s fathers were Sidiki Diabaté and Djelimadi Sissoko – the kora ...

The miracle of opposable thumbs and 700 years of continuous musical tradition came together for an evening of magic when father-and-son Malian kora players Toumani and Sidiki Diabate performed a ...

"He played those 21 strings with love." That's the great American banjo player Bela Fleck talking about his duets with Toumani Diabaté of Mali — including the crowd-pleaser "Dueling Banjos." Fleck ...

Toumani Diabaté has collaborated with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Damon Albarn, Taj Mahal, Ali Farka Touré and Björk during a career that has spanned decades. Now the Malian kora player teams with ...

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 ...

Toumani Diabaté and his son Sidiki have announced details of a new album and accompanying UK tour dates. The album, Toumani & Sidiki, is to be released on May 5, 2014 by World Circus. It was recorded ...

An interview with actor Robert Lindsay; a review of Netflix show Orange is the New Black; an interview with father and son kora stars Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté; Foundling Museum. Show more As Dirty ...

If music evokes locale, then this version speaks of deserts and oases, of the Touareg and Mandinke peoples. It also speaks of famine, drought and war — but these things come and go. Toumani Diabaté is ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As has happened for countless generations, Toumani Diabate learnt the kora from his father, Sidiki, and, in turn, taught his eldest son, ...

Legendary kora player Toumani Diabaté and his son Sidiki will make their way to the United States for a series of tour dates this fall. The father/son duo will be performing in support of their new ...