On Thursday, Oct. 12, the St. Charles Public Library will host a special concert featuring the music of the West African kora with Sean Gaskell. The concert will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Carnegie ...

The African and American musicians who play in Kora Konnection demonstrate, in music and method, the link between West Africa and New Orleans. Kora Konnection features Morikeba Kouyate, a Senegalese ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Redlands’ A.K. Smiley Public Library will present Sean Gaskell in a program of music on the West African kora 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the Contemporary Club. The kora is a 21-stringed harp from ...

Derek Gripper's exploration of West African kora music has produced two acclaimed albums — and, he says, a better understanding of the classical... Derek Gripper was a musician with a problem. He'd ...

“How come we’ve never heard of this beautiful instrument until now?” This was posted by a first-year college student to my world music course discussion board recently. He voiced what many of his ...

Tonight, we want to introduce you to a musician named Sona Jobarteh, who introduced us to the beautiful sound and story of a centuries-old instrument called the kora. It's a string instrument from ...

The Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St., will present a musical program with Sean Gaskell, according to a news release. The event will take place at 7 p.m., Sept. 7, for a performance and ...