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Gambian Traditional Musicians in Major Collabo With Sudanese Artist

Dembo Cora Jobarteh, an artist expressed optimism that this partnership will go a long way in enhancing more cultural exchange between the two African nations. He said there is need for Gambian to che... read more

Dembo to discuss 'street' photography at camera club meeting

Dembo is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Community College of Baltimore County. He also has been a mentor, presenter and le... read more

African singer, kora virtuoso plays artist and ambassador to get the message across

So this is a new thing in the culture when artists go on stage and now it’s much bigger.” When she makes her Canadian debut on the folk fest mainstage Sunday afternoon, Jobarteh will lead a hybrid sou... read more

Fats, food and fun: 1st weekend of Jazz Fest kicks off

COMING TO AMERICA A featured performer of the festival's first weekend is artist Sona Jobarteh, whose music reverberates with the sounds of her native Gambia. Jobarteh plays the kora, a 21-stringed ha... read more

Statue honoring Wyoming legend creates conflict between university, Green River artist

The athletics department announced in January 2014 that Green River artist Rudy Gunter would be sculpting the ... Former Wyoming basketball stars Fennis Dembo and Reggie Slater were in attendance. Mea... read more

Gambia: First Local International Kora Festival in the Offing

"The economy of Brikama will be boosted by the two-week of visitors stay in festival camps, eating and sleeping in Brikama and also buying art ... Jobarteh and also celebrating the Balafong griots suc... read more

New Orleans Jazz Fest 2018 lineup (Aretha Franklin, Jack White, Beck, David Byrne, more)

The annual New Orleans Jazz Festival goes down April 27-May 6 and the 2018 lineup has been announced. Like in recent years, the lineup features much more than jazz, and some of the interesting acts in... read more

Of culture, donors and the collapse of Zanzibar’s top music festival

He also points to an ironic consequence of Sauti za Busara’s rising profile as an international festival ... Ketebul Music’s recording studio in Nairobi generates some revenue from local artists who p... read more

BULLETIN BOARD

Joseph Dembo, NBC/CBS producer, director and correspondent ... To list an event here, send details at least two weeks in advance to: Bulletin Board, New York Daily News, 118-35 Queens Blvd., 9th Floor ... read more

Edmonton folk fest 2018 lineup includes Buffy, Neko, Franti, Ry Cooder

This year’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival lineup includes a solid number of luminaries, returning faces and fan favourites — including mind-blowing live act Buffy Sainte-Marie; the ever-inventive Neko ... read more