Sidiki Diabaté

Malian singer, musician, and producer Sidiki Diabaté hails from a celebrated lineage of kora players, preceded by his trailblazing father, Toumani Diabaté, and grandfather Sidiki Diabaté Sr., for whom he is named. Both honoring and adding new layers to the family's griot tradition, Sidiki studied the kora -- an entrancing native sub-Saharan harp-like instrument made from a hollowed-out gourd -- from a young age, but has also branched out into bright Afro-pop music and electronic production, sometimes combining all of these elements on albums like 2016's Diabateba Music, Vol. 1...