Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...

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Antecedents to predominantly white country and bluegrass music, African-American string bands used the banjo developed by slaves from Africa and the fiddle brought by European settlers. “The banjo was ...

Gambian musician Sona Jobarteh is taking her craft, playing the kora, to the world. The West African string instrument is usually restricted to male players but Jobarteh is defying the norms. She's ...

The ‘king of the kora’, who died on 19 July at the age of 58 after a short illness, Toumani Diabaté left his mark on the traditional Mandinka repertoire, elevating the West African string instrument ...