Heather Maxwell Musical artist

Heather Maxwell is an American singer/songwriter, jazz vocalist, and international Music Host/Producer of African music on the Voice of America. She composes original works using piano, kamalen n’goni, balafon, and percussion. . Maxwell performs worldwide, especially in Africa, with jazz and African musicians such as Robert Jospe, Victor Dvoskin, Bassekou Kouyate, Manuel Wandji, and Mighty Popo. She sings in English, French and Bambara and other African languages.Heather Maxwell produces and hosts the award-winning radio program “Music Time in Africa” and is the Africa Music Editor for the Voice of America.

Personal facts

Heather Maxwell
Hometown
Mali
United States

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Musical artist

Career started1990
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Jazz
Mali
Rhythm and blues
World music
Alternative rock
Music of Africa
record label
Mamadou Samassa (footballer born 1986)
EMI
Random Chance

Topical connections

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Heather Maxwell on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://blogs.voanews.com/music-time-in-africa
  2. http://charlottesvillearts.org/blog/pca-celebrates-women-in-the-arts-heather-maxwell/''Piedmont
  3. http://news.msu.edu/story/8463/&topic_id=9
  4. http://robertjospe.com
  5. http://robertjospe.com/inner-rhythm
  6. http://www.dcjazz.com/victordvoskin
  7. http://www.festivalsegou.org/homepage.htm
  8. http://www.myspace.com/heatheramaxwell
  9. http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?a=71566&i=15522
  10. http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=15744&a=77331