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September 28, 2011
Live: Boubacar Traore Brings His Brand Of The Blues To Brooklyn
Antoine Pratt Boubacar Traore w/Zongo Junction The Bell House Tuesday, September 27 Better than: Eric Clapton's probably inevitable African blues record. Sly Stone offers one possible method for dealing with celebrity: get famous, sell your royalties and squander your money, drop out of sig ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
DESERT STORM
Catch the dazzling vocals of Khaïra Arby
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April 7, 2011
Live: African Guitar Superstars Bring The Fireworks To BB King's
Quoc Pham "Acoustic Africa" featuring Haibib Koite, Oliver Mtikudzi and Afel Boucoum BB King Blues Club Wednesday, April 6 Better than: Buying a plane ticket to Mali. Western listeners (that's us, if you were wondering) often need comparisons to dig deeper into "world music." If that's w ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 27, 2010
Vieux Farka Toure
Quoc Pham "Acoustic Africa" featuring Haibib Koite, Oliver Mtikudzi and Afel Boucoum BB King Blues Club Wednesday, April 6 Better than: Buying a plane ticket to Mali. Western listeners (that's us, if you were wondering) often need comparisons to dig deeper into "world music." If that's w ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 20, 2010
Vieux Farka Touré
Quoc Pham "Acoustic Africa" featuring Haibib Koite, Oliver Mtikudzi and Afel Boucoum BB King Blues Club Wednesday, April 6 Better than: Buying a plane ticket to Mali. Western listeners (that's us, if you were wondering) often need comparisons to dig deeper into "world music." If that's w ... More >>
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January 11, 2010
Interview: Vampire Weekend's Chris Tomson On the Contra/Operation Ivy Connection, Eating Raisins with M.I.A., and the Regrettable Term "Upper West Side Soweto"
Vampire Weekend. Photo by Soren Solkaer Starbird.There's no feeling indifferent about this band. For fans, Vampire Weekend's sophomore album, Contra (out Tuesday, and reviewed by our own estimable Rob Harvilla here), is enough to make January feel like July--a sugary refinement of the band's ... More >>
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April 20, 2009
Live: Toumani Diabate Gives Pounds to the Crowd at Le Poisson Rouge
Diabate and the Symmetric Orchestra, elsewhere.One of my favorite listening moments of last year came at the tail end of kora player Toumani Diabate's stunning solo display, The Mande Variations. After an elaborate showcase that wound through a classical piece commemorating Alexander the Great and a ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 22, 2008
NOUVELLE/ANCIENNE
Toumani Diabaté's kora fusion bridges the gap
Music
April 8, 2008
Toumast's Ishumar
African rebels fight intolerance with guitars
Dance
August 14, 2007
Looky Here
With Mark Morris, Jacob's Pillow tumbles toward the end
Music
July 18, 2006
West African Blues Eulogy Conjures Desert Lightning
With Mark Morris, Jacob's Pillow tumbles toward the end
Film
April 18, 2006
New York African Film Festival
With Mark Morris, Jacob's Pillow tumbles toward the end
Music
March 7, 2006
Ali Farka Touré 1939–2006
"A mechanic, technician, chauffeur, and farmer—all that is before music."
Music
August 16, 2005
Hot Couple
Malian marrieds take their most recent newfound success as their long-established due
Music
June 14, 2005
Sustenance Enough?
Indie-rock heavy hitters get confused figuring out why they're doing it, doing it, doing it
Film
May 25, 2004
Mali's Guitar-Wielding Revolutionary Finds Peace as an Expat
Indie-rock heavy hitters get confused figuring out why they're doing it, doing it, doing it
Music
November 11, 2003
Greatest Whatevers
Just because you can spell 'forbearance' correctly doesn't mean you'll get a gold star
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July 8, 2003
Manthia Diawara Won't Budge
NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat
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January 14, 2003
Escape Claus
NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat
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September 3, 2002
Opening Up
When Who's on First Is What Matters
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March 5, 2002
2001 Gets Better
When Who's on First Is What Matters
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August 29, 2000
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February 1, 2000
Are We The World?
Global Music in the U.S. Faces the 21st Century
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January 25, 2000
Happy You Near
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August 10, 1999
Baby Gets Back
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July 6, 1999
Before the Fall
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June 15, 1999
Letters
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June 1, 1999
Havana Great Time
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March 16, 1999
Consumer Guide
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February 16, 1999
Consumer Guide
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January 26, 1999
Dakar in Gear
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