MATTOON — Sean Gaskell, a touring musician who plays the West African kora, is scheduled to perform at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, on the first floor of the Mattoon Public Library, 1600 Charleston Ave.

That is, until Sona Jobarteh. At 39, she has become one of the foremost kora players in the world, performing with her band across Europe, West Africa, and here in the United States, as we saw in ...

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 ...

The Grand Island Public Library will host three special programs the week of July 7 and all will focus on music.

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 ...

The kora, a mix of a harp and lute, has been a fixture of classical West African music for centuries. The kora’s plucked strings can create a dulcimer-like range with an interplay of bass notes ...

The Grand Island Public Library will host a Mega Monday program filled with music on July 10. Sean Gaskell will give a performance and educational demonstration on the kora, an ancient 21-stringed ...

Foday Musa Suso, a griot, kora virtuoso, multi-instrumentalist and composer whose work with artists like Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass helped thrust West African musical traditions into ...

Toumani Diabaté, a Malian virtuoso of a 21-string instrument known as the kora, who brought a rich West African musical legacy to audiences around the world with genre-mixing collaborations ...