“Music has charms to soothe the savage beast” is a line from a seventeenth century play with so much truth to it, it has been remembered long after everything else about play and playwright has passed ...

CHICO — When Lansana Kouyaté taps out a rhythm on his balafon, he not only pays the bills but keeps his 800-year family history and tradition from Guinea alive and vibrant. Kouyaté started playing the ...