The duo once called Asheville home and were back in town earlier this year for a tour stop.
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Album review: ‘Bamanaya Sira’ by Arouna & Biko
The duo’s concept of world music is expansive enough to include most anything, but in the process it remains true to the fundamental characteristics of African music.
Q+A with Arouna Diarra & The AZA Band
Diarra is a n’goni & balafon player from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso in West Africa. He’s been in Asheville for nearly five years and has fronted West African groups Mande Foly and now The AZA Band with multi-instrumentalist Biko Cassini and percussionist Jessie Lehmann.
Smart bets: Arouna Diarra and Patrick Fitzsimons
The two play their album release set at Dobra Tea in Black Mountain on Saturday, June 13, from 3-5 p.m.