On this week's episode of All Songs Considered, co-host Bob Boilen basks in the glory of his return by making fellow co-host Robin Hilton enjoy the musings of a box that when opened plays affirming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Malian singer Rokia Traore -- seen here in 2018 -- had appealed her conviction in Belgium in a long-running custody case and ...

Rokia Traoré's latest album is titled Beautiful Africa. When war broke out in the West African nation of Mali last year, one of the targets was that country's ancient music tradition. As Islamist ...

Listen to Traoré play "Sikey." Born in Mali to a diplomatic family, Traoré has traveled throughout the world, picking up pieces of herself along the way. That mix of origins is reflected in her music, ...

World Music Institute continues its Desert Blues concert series with multi-instrumentalist Rokia Traoré, one of the most gifted female singer/songwriters to come out of Mali, on Sunday, October 30, ...

Rokia Traore's career belies the notion that you can't go home again. The 30-year-old singer was born in Mali but spent most of her formative years in Europe with her diplomatically connected family - ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Singer-songwriter and composer Rokia Traore during the opening of the 68th Cannes Film Festival BRUSSELS (Reuters) - ...

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Rokia Traoré has always been a sophisticate. She grew up as the daughter of a diplomat who was posted in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. Her most recent stage ...

As the daughter of a Malian diplomat, Rokia Traoré grew up hopping around the globe, moving from Belgium and France to Algeria and Saudi Arabia. But nothing quite prepared her for a sojourn to the ...

Rokia Traore was an active supporter of UNHCR between 2014 and 2018 and was appointed a Regional Goodwill Ambassador in 2016. I want to try to bring the voices of refugees to decision-makers who can ...

Malian singer Rokia Traore was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence by a Brussels court on Wednesday in a long-running dispute over the custody of her daughter. Traore separated from Belgian ...

When war broke out in the West African nation of Mali last year, one of the targets was that country's ancient music tradition. As Islamist rebels occupied northern Mali, they banned music and shut ...