Two of my favorite musicians that I rarely see, tonight at the Lily Pad:

• Ashley Maher, afropop/world/jazz singer-songwriter from Los Angeles
• Balla Tounkara, one of the world's best kora players, originally from Mali but mostly in Boston for the past decade

This is the sort of show I'd go see at Sanders Theatre or similarly sized venues, and it's kind ( Read more... )

Afropop Worldwide reports that Toumani Diabate and Ali Farka Touré are in studio, and have recorded an album together ( Read more... )