Tounkara claims that he's a 40th generation kora player, and based on the way he played that rare instrument at the BPP yesterday, it's a hard point to argue. Here he is, your champion, Balla ...

On the Victory Train: Balla Tounkara What's clicking on the Bryant Park Project blog, including news that musician Balla Tounkara has won our subway busker poll. Technology.

Balla Tounkara, a kora player from Mali, is the winner of the Bryant Park Project's NYC Subway Busker Poll and one of the city's newest official underground musicians.

In celebration of Black History Month, the Mayor’s Office is sponsoring two performances by musician Balla Tounkara, an expert kora player and a master griot (“wandering musician”).