Banning Eyre says a new compilation showcases one of the finest singers Africa has ever produced — and one who might have been an international... Sory Kandia Kouyaté: Guinea's Voice Of Revolution ...

Sory Kandia Kouyate, the legendary West African jali (praise singer) and bandleader died suddenly in 1977, just a few years before African popular music took off internationally. He was just ...

Join me for the week's round up and preview, of steel guitarist Chris Templeton's The Tapper, Kinky Friedman's 'Lost Tapes' Irish fiddles, great grooves from Kenya in the 70s, some Irish Chinese music ...

Sory Kandia Kouyaté was one of the most celebrated singers in West Africa when he died suddenly in 1977. He was just 44, and given his spectacular voice, it's a safe bet that Kouyaté would have been ...