Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Opening track “Gobaith” was one such: a harp ostinato like a far-off church bell, then a wash of kora and a ...

If you’re anything like us here at the A.K. Smiley Public Library, two things immediately come to mind when thinking about the winter holidays: music and food. While classic carols and traditional ...

Leave it to Real Art Ways, one of Hartford’s most innovative art spaces, to launch a new music series focusing on a single instrument family. The second half of “Instrument Portrait Series: Harp” (two ...

Sean Gaskell fell in love with the sound of the harp in 2006. Not just any old harp, but a kora harp. "I first heard the kora played by musician Kane Mathis," Gaskell told the Herald via email. "I was ...

The Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St., will present a very special program with guest Sean Gaskell, according to a news release. Gaskell’s appearance will start at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 for a performance ...

The A.K. Smiley Public Library presents an encore performance of “Music of the West African Kora,” presented by Sean Gaskell at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the Contemporary Club. The A.K. Smiley ...

Twenty years ago, Toumani Diabate made the kora’s very first entirely solo, instrumental album. Now the world’s most celebrated virtuoso of his West African harp-lute, Toumani has since made many, ...

We're adapting the way the kora and the oud are played...using contemporary choices within traditional forms. Seattle's Kane Mathis is one of the world's leading performers on the kora, the ...

Welsh harpist Catrin FinchSeckou Keita and Senegalese kora player met by chance in 2012, when Keita was called in to substitute for Toumani Diabaté in rehearsals for a tour with Finch. A military coup ...

Performing on the 21-string Mandinka Harp and the Turkish Oud, Kane Mathis renders compelling interpretations of these traditional musics. Years of study with generous masters have given Kane a rare ...

The 21-string kora is West Africa’s traditional harp lute. It is part of West African musical history in Senegal, Guinea, Mali, and other countries. It is a beautiful hand-crafted instrument: a large ...