Lucy Dur News Today

Baloji, Ana Tijoux, Asmâa Hamzaoui, a look back at Toumani Diabaté & Ballaké Sissoko’s epochal New Ancient Strings album, Los Tigres del Norte, Fruko, unrest in Buenos Aires and our preview of albums to get excited about in 2024

Read the full story of how two sons attempting to honour their fathers made a classic album and brought ancient instruments back to Africa.

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The extraordinary documentary Ballaké Sissoko: Kora Tales takes a journey from Mali to The Gambia.

Marc Pevar, Lucy Durán and Sirifo Sissoko reflect on the West African harp, the kora.

Lucy Durán’s profile on The Conversation

The new voice of Mali, Rokia Koné, teamed up with rock producer Jacknife Lee for an album sure to go down as a classic. Jane Cornwell catches up with the pair, who are still yet to meet in person. Photography by Karen Paulina Biswell

Banning Eyre speaks with Lucy Duràn about the life and legacy of Baba Sora Sissoko.

Ballaké Sissoko: picking up the pieces after US customs broke his kora Dale Berning Sawa In the Malian language Bamanankan, djourou – the title of Ballaké Sissoko’s forthcoming album – means string. “It’s the string that connects me to others,” he says. For this master of the kora, it is also the string that broke. Last February, Sissoko returned to Paris after a US tour with his trio 3MA to find that border officials in New York had dismantled his kora. The neck,...