First stop: Msondo Ngoma, performing at an open-air club on ... modern taarab takes a stripped-down approach--keyboard, drum machine, bass, and a rotating lineup of dynamic vocalists.

Live music was also performed using a ngoma drum. Performers engaged the audience by encouraging sing-alongs and teaching various Swahili terms, like hakuna matata, which means no worries, and jambo, ...

Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS - Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Jean Ngoma was the Metro’s lone state finalist, placing second at 215 pounds in Class 3A. He earned his second straight ...

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Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES – Jean Ngoma forced Cedar Rapids Xavier Coach Ryan Chambers to update his wardrobe. In a slightly superstitious move, Chambers didn’t pack the ...

After the burial, there was the usual scramble for food. There were two lines, going zig zag, one for men and the other for women . The mourners all wore solemn faces, the kind of faces almost ...

Two solid hours of guilty pleasure rock indulgence with this four-piece female fronted rock band, performing an eclectic array of Alt, Southern & Classic Rock music! With music from Robert Palmer ...

Reggae singer Determine, known for his mid-1990s hit single Kette Drum in collaboration Beenie Man, has died. The singer, born Rohan Bennett, passed away Thursday after a battle with stomach cancer.

Well-known Reggae singer Determine, known for his iconic Nyabinghi hit Kette Drum with Dancehall star Beenie Man, passed away today after a long battle with cancer. He was 52. Artist manager Paula ...

More than 700 people came out to Clarington’s second annual Black Vendor Village at Bowmanville’s Garnet Rickard Recreation Complex on Saturday, part of the municipality’s kickoff of Black ...

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In the duo Quasi, she turned a simple piano-and-drums line-up into a rock’n’roll band. And during her three years with Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks, she gave a solid base to the band’s ...