SEGOU, Mali (Reuters) - Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts ...

GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 01: Salif Keita performs on stage during the Celtic Connections festival at The Old Fruit Market on February 1, 2013 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ross ...

This week we feature some great music from Malian father and son duo Toumani and Sidiki Diabate and Rokia Traoré, a rare Malian double-header coming this Friday 9/26 to UCLA's Royce Hall. I'll be ...

Amadou Bagayoko, the award-winning Malian singer and guitarist in the husband-and-wife duo Amadou & Mariam, has died, according to The Associated Press. In a local televised broadcast, Mali’s Minister ...

The passing of celebrated Malian flautist, composer and arranger Boncana Maïga at the age of 77 truly marks the end of an era in the music of west Africa. He was a charismatic performer and bandleader ...

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LOMPOUL, Senegal, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Encircled by moon-lit sand dunes, desert blues band Tamikrest from Mali's northern city of Kidal was the headline act at a Sahel music festival this weekend, held ...