Amid Black History Month celebrations in February, some local musicians say they are finding more opportunities at various venues to share their work and stories.

Ironically, she ended up making her mark in a world that was even less welcoming for women: as a virtuoso of the kora, the majestic 21-string instrument that her West African griot family has ...

Diabate, a renowned master of the kora—a traditional West African stringed instrument—died at a private clinic in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Born in 1965 into a family of griots, Diabate was ...

from Western instruments such as the bassoon and banjo to the West African kora, the Japanese koto and the ghatam, an ancient percussion instrument from India. You're also able to enter an ...