Piers Faccini and Ballaké Sissoko perform live at the legendary BBC Maida Vale studios, performing two tracks from their latest album, Our Calling, as well as a classic blues cover. Show more ...

Jobarteh’s latest album, 2023’s “Badinyaa Kumoo,” featured guests including Youssou N’Dour and Ballaké Sissoko, another maverick kora player who will be part of a Global Arts Live ...

In his 152nd college basketball game, Mady Sissoko showed off all his talents. A four-year player at Michigan State before transferring to Cal this season, Sissoko delivered the best performance ...

BRINGING together a British-Italian guitarist and songwriter, Piers Faccini, and the prodigious Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko could have been challenging to say the least. But fear not — both ...

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 ...

Following the reissue of Toumani Diabaté and Ballaké Sissoko’s New Ancient Strings, in January Chrysalis will release Diabaté’s debut album, 1988’s Kaira. Toumani Diabaté, who sadly ...

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 ...

EA FC 25 introduced the Foundations Sissoko SBC today, October 27, adding an impressive midfielder card that can significantly bolster any squad. This 85-rated Sissoko card stands out with well ...

This collaboration between Chicago-based flutist Nicole Mitchell and Malian kora master Ballaké Sissoko (joined by balafon player Fassery Diabaté, vocalists Fatim Kouyate and Mankwe Ndosi ...

His music is a spiritual experience and a love letter to African tradition. Hailing from Mali, Ballaké Sissoko is a master of the kora, a traditional West African harp. His music is instrumental, yet ...

It was really the Gambia-born fathers of Toumani Diabaté and neighbour Ballaké Sissoko – Sidiki Diabaté Snr and Djelimady Sissoko – who raised the profile of the kora in Mali. They mixed up ...