The powerful sound of the drumline is more than just a crowd-pleaser at football games and parades—it's a living echo of ...
Rock art is widespread across southern Africa and includes a wide range of depictions such as human figures, animals, dots, handprints, and other painted or engraved imagery on rock surfaces. The rock ...
We talk to Baroque violinist and folk fiddler Ida Meidell about being at the intersection of folk music and Early music, and ...
With exhilarating charisma, stage energy and impassioned lyrics, Senegalese musician Sahad has created a unique body of work from a kaleidoscope of ...
The South African musician spent a decade translating the centuries-old repertoire of the West African kora. He emerged with his a unique sound that isn’t restricted to the grid of the staff or the ...
When accepting her Grammy award for Album of the Year, Beyoncé dedicated her win to Linda Martell who is also mentioned ...
With exhilarating charisma, stage energy and impassioned lyrics, Senegalese musician Sahad has created a unique body of work ...
But Fela Kuti will be the first African to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, albeit posthumously. The award was first ...
JACQUELINE SPRINGER says the V&A East Museum’s first exhibition, ‘The Music is Black: A British Story’, ‘speaks to modernity ...
Meet Sumana Chandrashekar, a writer, researcher and one of the few women ghatam exponents in the world who has spent years ...
Alice Gerrard is one of the trailblazing musicians who will be honored during a series of free events March 5-8 in.