Beginning at the age of 11, Khaira Arby, cousin to the late great Malian musician Ali Farka Touré, started singing... and singing well! It was then that the Tombouctou-born “Nightingale of the North” rose to popularity quite quickly, performing in 1970 in Mali’s biannual music competition, which features a number of talented traditional and modernRead more...
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