Old Music News of article 321704 for 2007-01-04

Kora star guards tradition with music

AP - On a moonlit African night in a leafy open-air bar, kora virtuoso Toumani Diabate is peeling off an ethereal flood of kaleidoscopic riffs from a 21-string cow-skin covered harp like one his forefathers have played — for more than 70 generations.

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