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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Toumani Diabaté, world music master of Mali’s stringed kora, dies at 58 With genre-mixing albums and concerts, Mr. Diabaté brought the ancient 21-string kora from West Africa to a global audience.

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