Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Celebrated Malian songwriter and guitarist Afel Bocoum's new studio album Lindé is ...

When Ali Farka Touré died in 2006, Afel Bocoum seemed perfectly placed to take over the great man’s mantle. Touré’s compelling desert blues had earned him a roster of western admirers ranging from Ry ...

Afel Bocoum is one of the great stalwarts of the Malian music scene. Taught by Ali Farka Touré, and best known here for the role that he played on Damon Albarn's Mali Music project, he's a guitarist, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Afel Bocoum’s musical career (he is also an agricultural adviser) has not been Stakhanovite: now in his mid 60s ...

In celebration of Malian songwriter and guitarist Afel Bocoum's forthcoming studio album Lindé-due September 4 via World Circuit Records and executive produced by Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) and ...

The Malian star’s breezy new album is studded with nicely judged guest appearances Child prodigies don’t always rocket to fame. Songwriter and guitarist Afel Bocoum was inducted into the group of Mali ...

Acoustic Africa is a musical journey through the amazing history and richness of African guitar traditions led by three African performers: Malian superstar Habib Koité, Oliver Mtukudzi and Afel ...

BAMAKO'S Institut National des Arts is a crumbling colonial building - an eccentric mixture of art deco and traditional mud-brick architecture. In the fly-blown auditorium, curious locals watch as ...

Before delving into the musical contents of Mali Music, a bit of background information: Mali is a small country in West Africa, home of one of the world’s most fascinating music cultures. Damon ...

The "Acoustic Africa'' tag was devised by Putumayo, the world-music label, to market a compilation of previously recorded African folk-pop. The three headliners who performed under the rubric Thursday ...