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 ...

Alpha Blondy represents no government and describes himself as an "interplanetarian". Not only is he one of the important figures in African music, he is also a peace campaigner with a ...

Alpha Blondy sees the world above the average person. Israel might be far from his homeland, but his desire to see the world in peace make his world borderless.

His backing outfit, for instance, usually goes by the name the Solar System Band. That’s thinking big. Blondy sings in English, Hebrew, Arabic, French and Dioula.”Merci,” Blondy’s first studio album ...

Alpha Blondy Photo: R.Deluze BY GEORGE ORIDO Fans of the Ivorian Reggae legend Alpha Blondy will have to wait till this September to see him perform live in Nairobi after the aborted show last ...

Seydou Koné (born January 1, 1953 in Dimbokro), better known by his stage name Alpha Blondy, is an Ivorian reggae singer and international recording artist. Many of his songs are politically and ...

The topics addressed in Alpha Blondy's new album include his disenchantment with 1970s New York, where he attended college, and the recent civil war in his homeland, Ivory Coast. Yet "Mystic Power ...

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 ...

The dance-floor is empty, and Alpha Blondy's concert is, supposedly, a seated affair.But as soon as the Solar System, Blondy's backing band, takes the stage, the entire theatre, boxes and all, rises.

Ivorian reggae star Alpha Blondy tells BBC he is glad the world stepped in to end the bitter election dispute, as his country was 'heading straight for a genocide'.