Sona Jobarteh Archives - Chicago Reader

Sketch show Black Boy Joy and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

by Tyra Nicole Triche September 10, 2018August 18, 2021

Artist/writer/prankster Derek Erdman’s show and more goings-on 9/10-9/13.

London-born Gambian kora player Sona Jobarteh

What to see at the 2018 World Music Festival

by Leor Galil, Monica Kendrick, Noah Berlatsky, Bill Meyer, Jamie Ludwig, Kevin Warwick, Dave Cantor and Philip Montoro September 4, 2018September 15, 2023

The World Music Festival’s 21 free concerts feature a crowd of international talents—among them hallucinatory Argentine singer-songwriter Juana Molina, generation-spanning Cuban big band Orquesta Akokán, and omnivorous Congolese groove machine Jupiter & Okwess.