Salif Keïta

Classically trained Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf has played with everyone from Sting to Salif Keita. While most trumpets have three valves, his has four, allowing him to play the quarter-tones that characterize Middle Eastern music and the "blue notes" of jazz.

Classically trained Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf has played with everyone from Sting to Salif Keita. While most trumpets have three valves, his has four, allowing him to play the quarter-tones that characterize Middle Eastern music and the "blue notes" of jazz.

Mali is currently a country in crisis. Yet this West African country boasts one of the world's richest musical traditions, and iconic artists like Ali Farka Toure, Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare and Tinariwen. With help from our friends at Afropop Worldwide , we selected 100 songs that demonstrate Mali's musical breadth.

Lauded as the "golden voice of Africa", Malian singer Salif Keita has developed a unique style in which rock, jazz and funk combine with the West African griot music of his childhood.

The 'Golden Voice of Africa' reaffirms himself as one of the worlds leading pop musicians at Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket, writes Mark Brown.

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 13 (Reuters) - List of leading scorers atAfrican Nations Cup finals tournaments: 1957 (Sudan) - Ad El Diba (Egypt) 5 1959 (Egypt) - Mahmoud Al Gohari (Egypt) 3 1962 (Ethiopia) - Mohamed Al Badawi (Egypt) and Worku Mengistu (Ethiopia) 3 1963 (Ghana) - Ahmed Al Chazli (Egypt) 6 1965 (Tunisia) - Abbrey Osei Kofi (Ghana) and Eustace Mangli (Ivory Coast) 3 1968 (Ethiopia) - Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast) 6 1970 (Sudan) - Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast) 8 1972 (Cameroon) - Salif Keita (Mali), 5 1974 (Egypt) - Mulamba Ndaye (Zaire) 9 1976 (Ethiopia) - William Njo Lea (Guinea) 4 1978 ...

THAT Kojo Antwi is known to own 24th night in Ghana cannot be disputed. His trademark annual concerts on Christmas Eve have not only been known to draw huge crowds but more than that, they have seen some of the best performers on the continent showing up to give a good account of their legendary status.

[Leadership]As the countdown to 2012 Glo - CAF Awards begins, top African artistes have been lined up to entertain at the Awards night holding in Accra, Ghana, on 20 December, 2012.

Cumbancha Records is reporting the sad news that Malian musician Keletigui Diabate has passed away unexpectedly at age 81. Part of the large and extended Diabate musical family that has produced so many of Mali's greatest talents, Diabate was a virtuoso on the balafon, a West African xylophone. For the past 15 years, he has been a part of Habib Koite's band Bamada, and he has also performed and recorded with a number of other musical luminaries, both African and international, including Salif Keita, Zap Mama, Lionel Hampton, and Bonnie Raitt. Our sympathies go out to his family and friends.

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[Times of Zambia]AFRICA'S Golden voice Salif Keita on Thursday night captivated expectant and enthusiastic fans when he gave his first Zambian performance at Lusaka's Government Complex.

[Times of Zambia]THE date is set for "Africa's Golden voice" Salif Keita who makes his first road to Zambia amid high expectations from enthusiastic fans.

The eyes of the world have been on Mali ever since the government overthrow in early 2012. The world music community in particular has been watching closely, as Mali has grown to become one of Africa's greatest exporters of wonderful music; artists like Toumani Diabate, Salif Keita, and Oumou Sangare all call the landlocked region their home. Thus, the news that's now coming out of Mali is rather upsetting: according to multiple reports, the radical Islamic groups that have overthrown the North part of the country have now outlawed any and all music, other than the chanting of verses from the Koran, under Sharia law.

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Salif Keita sent off for a second caution. Mohamed Salah atoned for several squandered scoring chances by putting Egypt ahead again three minutes into the second half but the home defence was caught ...

Salif Keita sent off for a second caution. Mohamed Salah atoned for several squandered scoring chances by putting Egypt ahead again three minutes into the second half but the home defence was ...