With his third album, Baro (Putumayo, 2001), Malian guitarist, singer and songwriter Habib Koite attracted the kind of celebrity endorsements you imagine some press agents might kill for. Joan Baez ...

For all the riches and diverse avenues of music making their way through Santa Barbara on this year’s concert calendar, sounds from outside the Western world — so-called “world music” — have been all ...

Called "Mali's biggest pop star" by Rolling Stone, West African singer, songwriter, and guitarist Habib Koité has sold more than 250,000 albums around the globe and received raves from publications ...

Habiba Koité & BamadaHighline BallroomNew York, New YorkMarch 16, 2010Many shows at the Highline Ballroom are general admission, but the venue will change things up for certain shows by putting in ...

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Musical ambassador is a term that’s loosely used, but with Mali’s Habib Koité it’s entirely apt. Not only has the guitarist and singer received the highest award available to an artist in his homeland ...

The Central African nation of Mali is a crossroads of culture. And so is Habib Koite, the 43-year-old Malian guitarist who brings his band, Bamada, to Kutztown University on Tuesday. “It is hard to ...

Habib Koite & Eric Bibb perform "With My Maker I Am One" on Musicology: Encore. 21st-century Malian griot Habib Koite and new world bluesman Eric Bibb join the rhythms of their guitars and voices for ...

Habib Koite. Photo by Dirk Leunis. With all the turmoil that has hit Mali since singing guitar master Habib Koité's last recording, it is no wonder that his February 25, 2014 release, titled Soô ...

Tonight the veteran Malian musician Habib Koité performs at Northwestern University’s Pick-Staiger Hall in support of a brand-new album, Soô (Contre Jour), released just Tuesday. Koité is a regular ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. Habib Koité is not Mali’s ...

Although he originally planned to be an engineer, Malian singer-guitarist Habib Koite is by birth a griot, a member of the West African caste of musicians and storytellers. Koite grew up surrounded by ...