Despite being up since 4 am for dialysis, only to arrive at the clinic to find that it was broken into, esteemed musician ...

KTLA’s Megan Telles was live with a preview of African Soul International, a new cultural center that empowers, educates, and ...

The study of traditional Ghanaian music and dance, a rich and valuable academic discipline, has unfortunately been dismissed by some sections of the public as irrelevant, using the respected field of ...

Students, faculty and members of the greater Medford/Somerville community gathered in Cohen Auditorium for Tufts University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Thursday. Titled “Where Do We ...

Mo' Meta Blues is more than just an autobiography—it's Questlove's love letter to the African rhythms that have shaped his ...

Seven years on and the French government's very public commitment to return art and cultural objects back to Africa, seemed to have stalled.

Nigeria’s music industry continues to make waves on the global stage, with several artistes earning one of the most prestigious accolades in the entertainment world, the Grammy Awards.

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 ...

A TikTok video of a man promoting a Cape Town gqom event caused a stir. Many were unimpressed by the gent offering the "first gqom rave" for anyone to attend.

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

A variety of events in New Jersey, from concerts to movie screenings, will be held in February to recognize the ...

For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...