Salif Keita, the fine guitarist and astounding singer from Mali in West Africa, opened and closed his Royce Hall performance with gentle acoustic music from his current Universal release "Moffou." ...

An albino who was nearly blind at birth, Salif Keita grew up as an outcast in his home country of Mali despite being the direct descendant of Soundjata Keita, the warrior emperor who founded the ...

Salif Keita, one of the best African singers of the past century, had a 40-plus-year career that took him around the world and produced some 25 albums. Now, Keita is retiring from recording and in ...

Is Salif the greatest singer of our time? He certainly gets my vote. He can, it seems, do whatever he wants with his voice, aiming for any note he chooses and holding it for as long as he needs, ...

That is not to say that a preponderance of synthesizers and programmed drums did too much damage: Keita's music was attempting (and mostly succeeding in) a fusion process that utilised rock guitars, ...

This is part 6 of a 6-part series. Some of the greatest songs come out of the most trying circumstances. Mandjou is one such song. It featured on the eponymous 1978 album and had been composed when ...

Salif Keita has been called the "golden voice of Mali" and a pioneer of the music called Afro-pop. He was born of royalty -- a direct descendant of Mali's 13th-century founding father -- but was ...

Salif Keita: 'The guitar is my first, best wife.' Singer Salif Keita tells Robert Sandall about his new UK tour - and why he's weary of rock The charcoal pinstripe suit gives the first clue that Salif ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Forget, for a moment, all that business about the Golden Voice of Mali, or indeed, depending on who you ask, the ...

Known around the world as "The Golden Voice of Mali," Salif Keita's unique sound blends the traditional styles of his West African homeland with influences from Cuba, Spain, Portugal, and the Middle ...

Salif Keita, one of the best African singers of the past century, had a 40-plus-year career that took him around the world and produced some 25 albums. Now, Keita is retiring from recording and in ...

Salif Keita possesses one of the world s unique voices powerful, sensitive, and blessed with a huge range; he draws from styles and forms of his Malian homeland, incorporating Islamic, soul, rock, ...