Category Culture

Wishy take several threads of rock revival that have been lingering in the air for a few years – shoegaze, pop-punk, 90s indie – and weave them into a shaggy yet remarkable patchwork. The Indianapolis band, built around the songwriting…

The Malian musician Toumani Diabaté, who has died aged 58 after a short illness, was the undisputed master of the kora, the stately and stirring 21-stringed harp that is the most important classical instrument of west Africa. He played at…