WORLD MUSIC Salif Keita’s appeal always has depended on his voice. The West African descendant of a Mali prince has a uniquely humble and humbling vocal instrument, high and earthily smooth, with the ...

Salif Keita, the fine guitarist and astounding singer from Mali in West Africa, opened and closed his Royce Hall performance with gentle acoustic music from his current Universal release "Moffou." ...

Known as "The voice of gold African", Salif Keita has built an own and unmistakable sound throughout his career, mixing modern rhythms such as jazz, funk and rock with traditional music from Mali.

That is not to say that a preponderance of synthesizers and programmed drums did too much damage: Keita's music was attempting (and mostly succeeding in) a fusion process that utilised rock guitars, ...

Salif Keita the renowned Malian musician will perform live at the National Theatre in Accra on 28th March and at the Banquet Hall State House on 29th March as part of the Gala Night of the Ghana ...

Malian vocalist and composer Salif Keita was an early victim of the dreaded West African Bombast Virus. This insidious disease can have devastating effects on an artist’s songwriting ability, directly ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If you came to world music in the 1980s, your introduction probably came in the form of a low synthesiser chord ...

Known around the world as "The Golden Voice of Mali," Salif Keita's unique sound blends the traditional styles of his West African homeland with influences from Cuba, Spain, Portugal, and the Middle ...

Although Moffou is being touted as a “return to the roots” for golden-voiced Malian crooner Salif Keïta, it’s actually more of a Salif unplugged album, since his roots are really in the jazzy Afrofunk ...

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, ...