“Music has charms to soothe the savage beast” is a line from a seventeenth century play with so much truth to it, it has been remembered long after everything else about play and playwright has passed ...

If you’re a music maker then you can’t fail to have grasped the concept of compression and, more than likely, thanked your lucky stars that it was there to help. Whether it's evening out your iffy ...

CHICO — When Lansana Kouyaté taps out a rhythm on his balafon, he not only pays the bills but keeps his 800-year family history and tradition from Guinea alive and vibrant. Kouyaté started playing the ...

Guinea is in mourning. Mory Kanté, who passed away from chronic health problems at 70, was one of Africa’s most influential and legendary artists of the late 20th century. Kanté was a composer and ...