This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities ...

MIT’s Senegalese drumming ensemble ventured to West Africa during IAP to practice the art of sabar. KAOLACK, Senegal – The MIT students have just finished dinner and are crumpling soda cans into trash ...

Some nights, on the fourth floor of Lyons Hall, rhythmic drumming can be heard echoing throughout the hallways. There are different layers in the music—multiple rhythms work with each other to create ...

BRATTLEBORO — Two special guest teachers, Assane Coly and Aziz Bara Niang, will return to the Brattleboro area to teach Senegalese sabar drum and dance starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday Feb. 6 at 118 ...

On Saturday, Feb. 18, from 7 to 9 p.m., the Not Just Another Coffee House at the Unitarian Church, 4 North Main St., Sharon presents Amadou Lamine Toure, master of the sabar drum. Toure is an ...

Jazz, soul and a blend of rock and roll combine to make Senegalese music sound quite familiar, while the sound of the sabar, a traditional Senegalese drum, keeps the music true to its West African ...

African drumming has been on a roll in the West ever since Stravinsky shocked Parisian audiences in 1913 with his interpolation of its ferocious pulse in “The Rite of Spring.” Its imprint is now ...

The Central Conservatory of Music Percussion Ensemble perform during a cross-cultural performance titled "Drums and Music in Harmony" at the Grand National Theater Doudou Ndiaye Coumba Rose in Dakar, ...

DAKAR, April 12 (Xinhua) -- With synchronized movements and dazzling technique, percussionists from China and Senegal breathed life into diverse drum pieces during a cross-cultural performance titled ...