The TSA says it never opened the instrument's case. But Sissoko and 3MA, the band he was touring with, are much more than a few weeks of international headlines. 3MA stands for Madagascar ...

Sponsor Message The alleged incident occurred as Sissoko was leaving the U.S. after a cross-country tour with the trio 3MA; he was booked on an overnight flight on Air France from New York's John F.

Malian musician Ballake Sissoko, a renowned player of the kora ... of a two-week tour around the United States with his group 3MA. “He checked in his kora, in its hard case, with its state ...

Parisian-based artist Ballaké Sissoko accused the TSA of dismantling his prized kora during an inspection at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on Tuesday. A TSA spokesperson denies that the ...

When Malian master musician Ballaké Sissoko opened the case to his kora, a traditional and delicate 21-string instrument, after an early February flight from New York to Paris, he was devastated ...

Like Diabaté, he went on to push the boundaries of the kora tradition: as a mainstay of pan-African trio 3MA; in duet albums with the French cellist Vincent Ségal. For Djourou, Sissoko ...

Ballaké Sissoko, a Malian musician and kora player ... he performed alongside French cellist Vincent Segal. For the 3MA project, he also teamed up with Driss El Maloumi’s Arab oud and Rajery’s ...

The untimely death of Toumani Diabaté last summer makes his sometime collaborator (on the groundbreaking album New Ancient Strings) Ballaké Sissoko undisputedly ... in the trio 3MA; and several ...

Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal's Chamber Music is truthfully titled, but the longtime friends 'chamber music' is novel. At night, in Mali, kora-playing griot & French cellist discarded any ...

While a recent TSA mishap may have garnered Ballake Sissoko his latest 15 minutes of fame, his musical collaboration with 3MA is affording him acclaim of the lasting kind. In this video interview ...