When Western missionaries arrived in Africa in the 19th century, they disallowed the use of native musical instruments in ...

Traditional African musical sounds and songs are under threat today. More than 50 years after the end of official colonial rule, the legacy of colonialism continues to sideline many traditional ...

Long before the advent of streaming platforms and modern studio booths, African music resonated across the continent like a heartbeat. From palm-wine courts and beer parlours to bustling village ...

Originally released in 1971 as analog disc (H-72043). Original liner notes (16 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Dumisani Abraham Maraire, mbira, vocals ; Nkosana ...

Singer-songwriter Mon Rovîa straddles two worlds. For him, it's important to pay homage to both in his music. The Chattanooga-based folk musician, born Janjay Lowe, moved to the U.S. from his home ...

Gearing up for his maiden EP this November, the trendsetting musicman is preparing another culture-shifting EP that will largely express his sound and vibe. In the past few years, the Afrobeats ...

WTVF-NASHVILLE — How has African American music shaped Nashville’s history? Carrie Sharp is joined by Katie Rainge-Briggs of the National Museum of African American Music and Lorenzo Washington of ...

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...

Ebo Taylor became one of Ghana’s major prolific musicians in the 1950s and ’60s, making his signature Ghanaian highlife that influenced the father of afrobeat, Fela Kuti. As highlife and afrobeat ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites American ...