Salif Keïta

What's on in Sweden: International dance day & Salif Keita in Stockholm; English speaking theatre in Gothenburg; Depeche Mode tribute in Malmo STOCKHOLM International Dance Day On Wednesday dance theatres and institutions across the globe celebrate international dance day.

What's on in Sweden: International dance day & Salif Keita in Stockholm; English speaking theatre in Gothenburg; Depeche Mode tribute in Malmo.

The Gambia's international reggae heart-throb, Singateh aka Freaky Joe has continued to make headways in his ongoing tour of the United States and Canada.

Leni Stern Joins Morley, Adam Rudolph's Organic Orchestra and Salif Keita for Upcoming 'Special Guest' Appearances Stern to Appear in Documentary on Hermeto Pascal Recent Television Appearance Features Two Live ...

Another albino music icon has emerged following a 'Star is Born' national talent hunt in Liberia. People who listened to Moses Dumbar Swaray's songs said he could be another Salif Keita, the Malian born African music star.

The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali (World Music Network RGNET 1208, 2008) It?s been said numerous times and hardly bears repeating that Mali is a poor country with incredibly rich music. This knockout collection is all the proof you?ll need as to just how rich. It?s a great starting point for anyone new to Malian music, and the more experienced lot will likewise find the scope of this Rough Guide plenty impressive. Though Salif Keita is conspicuously absent, most of Mali?s other leading lights are represented. The serpentine rhythm, rippling traditional instrumentation and desert-dry bluesy vocals of the opening ?Bala? by Bassekou...

Video extracts of Salif Keita’s concert at the Banlieues Bleues Festival in Bagnolet (Paris-IDF) in March 2008.

Salif Keita possesses one of the world?s unique voices ? powerful, sensitive, and blessed with a huge range; he draws from styles and forms of his Malian homeland, incorporating Islamic, soul, rock, French chanson, Spanish and Caribbean elements into his songs...

The African Soul Rebels are back to the UK. The 4th installment of the hugely successful African Soul Rebels UK tour promises to be the finest yet. From Mali to Nigeria, the 2008 line up brings together some of Africa's greatest musical names: Salif Keita, Tony Allen and Awadi. Opening the show is Didier Awadi - the most prominent artist to have emerged from Africa's francophone rap scene. He has established himself as a pioneer, working as a leader for the group Positive Black Soul, to become one of the few African rap artists hip enough to record with influential figures like KRS 1. Awadi has fed the traditional culture of his ancestors into his dynamic rap, creating a music based on genuine roots and consciousness raising messages. ...

Malian striker Frederic Kanoute was Friday named the Glo-CAF African footballer of the year 2007. Kanoute, who becomes the second Malian after the legendary Salif Keita to receiv e the topmost individual prize in African football, beat last year's winner Didi e r Drogba of Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana's Michael Essien to the title.

UK - After three series of acclaimed concerts, the African Soul Rebels tour has raised its game further for 2008, uniting two legends and a young groundbreaker for 10 nights. A West African spectacular, the tour features Mali?s Salif Keita, perhaps the finest singer the continent has ever produced, Tony Allen, the man who put the beat in Nigeria?s Afrobeat, and Awadi, the latest hero of Senegal?s fertile rap scene. A soul rebel to the core, Salif Keita?s life has been one of confounding expectations. Because of his noble surname, he should never have been a singer; as an albino he was considered an outcast from the day he was born. Now, more than 40 years after he became a musician, ...