Tue. November 11, 2008
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WOW
November 11, 2008
This somewhat rare
Kora festival in the history of the
Gambia,has been scheduled to take place from 4th to 15th November 2008. The festival is initiated by ...
Yokwe
November 9, 2008
The announcement, in Marshallese, including contact information, is available for download here: Doulul eo an
Kora ro ilo
Hawaii nae etaer "MaLO" ak ...
PopMatters
November 9, 2008
The
Kora, n'goni, harmonium, flutes, and various languages are all given the same treatment. In an age where we connect to a
global network at the flick of ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
November 7, 2008
(TS) After wonderful shows with his Symmetric Orchestra at the Dakota in January, Malian Kora master Toumani Diabate is back all by himself, ...
Express from The Washington Post
November 7, 2008
But there were no hype earplugs needed when the group headlined The Kora Records fourth anniversary party on Nov. 5 at DC9. A small, polite crowd of maybe ...
Monterey County Herald
November 6, 2008
West African Kora master Toumani Diabate performs Saturday night at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz. Chris Cornell was great at The Catalyst last Wednesday, ...
Express from The Washington Post
November 5, 2008
DC-BASED Kora RECORDS has been quietly making a name for itself by releasing smart indie-pop from our region. But on the eve of its fourth anniversary, ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
November 5, 2008
Good looks will no doubt lead to more good things to eat. Case in point: Pescaderia
Kora (717 E. Lake St.), a seafood
market, is on its way.
Trenton Republican Times
November 4, 2008
The
baby was 20 inches long and was named
Kora Marie. She is the couple's first child. Maternal
grandparents are Stan and Linda Borgmeyer of Columbia. ...
Top40-Charts.com
November 3, 2008
When Youssoupha began to play, the members of Midnite began to participate by vocalizing during the Kora performance.??On that same night, Vaughn Benjamin ...
San Francisco Bay Guardian
November 3, 2008
The Kora is a 21-string West African instrument often characterized as what the offspring of a harp and lute might look like. But this depiction dismisses ...
San Francisco Chronicle
November 2, 2008
The winner of a Grammy in 2006, Diabate plays the Kora, a traditional 21-string instrument that can sound like a combination of harp and lute. ...
Nigerian Tribune
November 2, 2008
... reports that he could be the only one to stop Gongo Aso crooner, 9ice, from making a sweep at the Kora Awards, the biggest award left in the year. ...
The Zimbabwe Standard
November 2, 2008
OLIVER Mtukudzi's star keeps shining after he was nominated in two categories for the prestigious 2008
Kora All
Africa Awards to be held in December. ...
Sacramento Bee
November 1, 2008
Starting Wednesday with
Kora master Toumani Diabaté from
Mali through next Sunday's closing shows with Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, ...
PR Web (press release)
October 31, 2008
It is a mesmerizing introduction to the beautiful, soothing sound of the West African harp -- the
Kora. A 7-track CD of Sidiki's
music is included in every ...
New York Times
October 30, 2008
TOUMANI DIABATE (Sunday) The Malian musician (and self-taught child prodigy) Toumani Diabate is renowned for his mastery of the Kora, a traditional African ...
Concierge
October 30, 2008
Diabate plays the Kora, a 21-string harp with a gourd base, that to my ear sounds something like a harpsichord. I have great memories of sitting in cafes in ...
Chronicle
October 27, 2008
London - Jusa Dementor, a
UK-based Zimbabwean ragga singer, has been nominated in the Best Ragga Artiste or Group for this year's All
Africa Kora music ...
New Zimbabwe.com
October 27, 2008
By Showbiz Reporter JUSA Dementor, a
UK-based Zimbabwean ragga singer has been nominated in the Best Ragga Artist or Group for this year's All
Africa Kora ...
Botswana Press Agency
October 27, 2008
Another local group, Machesa won the Kora award with their album Tshipi di ko tlase ga maje in 2004. The Kora awards were started in 1994 and were produced ...
News Dispatch
October 27, 2008
... of St. Francis
health care Services Inc. and Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield of
Indiana would be for patients to take up the cause, Dr. Vidya
Kora says. ...
Independent
October 26, 2008
I wouldn't be doing my job properly if I didn't tell you that Malian
Kora virtuoso Toumani Diabaté is performing with the
London Symphony Orchestra on ...
Independent
October 26, 2008
Instead, he and
Kora virtuoso Diabaté settle for a cutting contest. Diabaté, plucking two-handed
lightning torrents of notes, hushes the crowd to ...
Village Voice
October 26, 2008
Yet Diabaté fils continues to surpass his sire's pioneering by mixing electric instrumentation with the de rigueur Kora, balafon, bolombatto, and djembe, ...
Columbus Telegram
October 26, 2008
He lives in Hastings with his wife Jane Fleming Kleeb -- a single mom when he met her in 2005 -- 7-year-old Kora and their 2-year-old daughter, Maya. ...
Nigerian Tribune
October 24, 2008
Both she and her husband, Nameless (David Mathenge) have been nominated for a
Kora Awards, Sub- Saharan
Africa's premiere
music talent search. ...
Stuff.co.nz
October 24, 2008
Reserves: Jeff Naish, James Kora, Steve Sim, Sefo Makaui, Manase Nonu, Mark Summerfield, Richard Fridd. Wanganui: Asaeli Tikoirotuma, Johnny Mow, ...
guardian.co.uk
October 24, 2008
'There are only two things I know - the
Koran and the
Kora'. Photograph: PR Toumani Diabate's
music is too blasphemous for Sony. ...
I Like Music
October 23, 2008
His achivements include a MOBO, a Kora, and a Best International Hip-Hop Act nomination from The Source. He has worked with numerous talent including Roots ...
The Ashburton Guardian
October 22, 2008
... Income . . read more By Andrew Richards Ask your average Mid Canterbury rugby fan about the name James Kora and odds on they won't have a . . read more.
Radio Netherlands
October 22, 2008
The 25-year-old man was arrested in the Tera Kora, the hood of the capital Kralendijk. Police also searched two premises in the capital. ...
BBC News
October 22, 2008
It must have been a surprise for
Mali-born
Kora player Toumani Diabate to discover that one of his songs has forced corporate giant Sony Computer ...
The Ashburton Guardian
October 22, 2008
By Andrew Richards Ask your average Mid Canterbury rugby fan about the name James Kora and odds on they won't have a clue who you're talking about. ...
News Dispatch
October 22, 2008
Kora said that based on the results of the autopsy, "the cause of death is determined to be asphyxiation from neck trauma." Kora declined to say Savannah ...
Salon
October 20, 2008
It's actually a song by the Grammy Award-winning Malian singer and Kora master Toumani Diabaté. The song is called "Tapha Niang," from his 2006 album, ...
WeAreQC.com
October 20, 2008
MANDING JATA performances feature 800 years of Manding
cultural arts:
Kora, Mandinka & Bambara balafons, ngoni, djembe drum ensemble, flutes, dance, ...
AllAfrica.com
October 20, 2008
A
musical prodigy who likes to play the
Kora harp, Kinobe's band comprises high school contemporaries who got together to give Ganda folk music a ...
JamBase
October 20, 2008
There to take it to the proverbial next level were Asheville's own Toubab Krewe, whose eclectic, worldly mix of Kora and drum beats flowed seamlessly from ...
Liverpool Daily Post
October 20, 2008
"THE Hendrix of the Kora", Grammy Award winner Toumani Diabaté, comes to the Phil tomorrow night for a special performance with the Royal Liverpool ...
