artist: Leni Stern

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  review December 28, 2012

  Smoke, No Fire

  The core of this album is a well-developed musical friendship between Stern and Harouna Samake, whose sterling kamele n’goni (young man’s harp) has graced recordings and performances by wassoulou diva Sali Sidibe, and, more recently, Mali music icon Salif Keita. Stern and Samake have a sound. Read more »

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  blog September 25, 2012

  Musicians for Mali: NYC Benefit Concert

  Awa Sangho, (c) Jack Vartoogian/FrontRowPhotos) On Saturday, September 22, NYC’s City Winery was the site for a truly special grassroots benefit concert, Musicians for Mali. Co-produced by the Mali-inspired jam band Toubab Krewe, public radio’s Afropop Worldwide and New York’s … Read more »