Ali Farka Touré

DEVENDRA BANHART: shaman, savant or sham? Read More

Baaba Maal has spent most of his life musically reaching out from his native village of Podor, Senegal, to the world. Read More

For three glorious days, from Friday at noon when Austin blues-rocker Carolyn Wonderland pours her heart out on the stage, until Sunday night's Fais Do Do with The Lee Boys' sacred steel exultations and Ruthie Foster's deep-down soul stylings cap off the weekend, all ears are on the blues. Read More

It's easy to think of American and European musicians who have fallen for the allure of African rhythms and incorporated them into Western pop music, but the musical exchange seems a bit lopsided, at least to us Westerners. Read More