Alpha Blondy was a musician well before he discovered reggae. In high school in Dimbokoro, Ivory Coast, known then as Sedou Kone, he played with the Atomic Vibrations, a high school band that played ...

Koroga Festival, which happened last weekend, hosted two different sets of fans with very different musical tastes on both days. While Saturday had the more contemporary "Gengetone" artistes like ...

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Kindred spirits: Lincoln Kwesi Johnson, Bob Marley, Youssou N'Dour Show: Monday at the Howard Theatre. Show starts at 8 p.m. 202-803-2899. www.thehowardtheatre.com. $30 in advance, $35 at the door.

Colombo is set to come alive with the unmistakable rhythms of reggae as global music icon ‘Alpha Blondy’ touches down in Colombo yesterday morning ahead of his much-anticipated live Concert at the Air ...

Singer Alpha Blondy was in Israel this week for the Zion Reggae Festival. Arutz Sheva met Blondy in Tel Aviv where talked about his deep connection with the land. "My family and I, we are so excited ...

Lagos — These are not the best of times for the once peaceful serene country French-speaking West African country, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire). Like a man under spell, the country is threateningly ...

Ivorian reggae star Alpha Blondy was involved in securing the Ouagadougou peace deal in 2007, which paved the way for elections in Ivory Coast Ivorian reggae star Alpha Blondy has often been outspoken ...

Ivorian reggae icon Alpha Blondy is set to rock the Kenyatta International Conference Centre grounds with high-octane reggae jig after arriving in the country yesterday morning. Alpha, whose musical ...

For this year's Meltdown festival, the South Bank turned to eccentric producer and godfather of reggae Lee Scratch Perry to pull together three weeks' worth of programming. Even if much of the process ...

Reggae fans in Sri Lanka are in for a historic treat as legendary Ivorian reggae icon Alpha Blondy (real name Seydou Koné) is set to perform live in Colombo on July 19, 2025, at the Air Force Grounds ...