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 ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 13, 2022. Described as a cross between a harp, a lute, and a guitar, the kora is part of a musical tradition that dates back to the ...

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 ...

21 Feb – Kora Kengo has been revealed to be the lead in the drama adaptation of Ochiai Naoyuki's "Tsumi to Batsu: A Falsified Romance" manga, which will see the star turning into a shut-in who plots ...

Soloist Sean Gaskell will perform a concert in which he plays traditional songs on the kora, on Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. at the Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second St., Athens. The kora is a 21-string ...