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 ...

This week we feature some great music from Malian father and son duo Toumani and Sidiki Diabate and Rokia Traoré. The Diabates were supposed to have a show with Traoré tonight on Friday 9/26 to UCLA’s ...

Toumani Diabaté will be remembered around the world for his mastery of the kora, the 21-string musical instrument beloved across West Africa. Malians remember him in many more ways: the undisputed ...

Toumani Diabaté, who has died aged 58 after a short illness, was one of the finest African musicians of the past few decades; known as “the king of the kora”, he revelled in fusing his native music ...