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To many Americans, it is unimaginable to consider music as a freedom. This expression is a foundational value of the United States, a Constitutional right to each citizen. A threat to this cultural ...

Battery Park City’s free River & Blues series happens on Thursdays from July 5 – August 2 in Wagner Park. Things kick off tonight (7/5) with great Malian band Songhoy Blues and the whole schedule ...

In 2012, an armed jihadist group known as Ansar Dine took control of northern regions of Mali, sparking a civil war. In areas it controlled, the group ordered a ban on cigarettes, alcohol and music.

Opening the night was Diamond Guardian Diffusion, a collaboration between Sam Hillmer (aka Diamond Terrifier) and Liturgy drummer Greg Fox (aka Guardian Alien). Pictures from their set, plus more of ...

When Islamic militants gained power in the northern part of Mali in 2012, one of the actions they took in order to exert tighter control was to outlaw music. That iron-fisted action only strengthened ...

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Once among the most prominent of Mali's many ethnic groups, the Songhoy now live largely on the margins of the West African nation. Nonetheless, the Songhoy people retain a fierce pride in their ...

Imagine if Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin met Ali Farka Touré in a garage in West Africa. Songhoy Blues On World Cafe Picture what would happen if Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin met Ali Farka Touré in a ...

The four-piece band have been around for more than ten years, with four very well received albums to their name, but have still managed to find themselves falling foul of UK immigration policy. In ...