Music is such an important part in many cultures. The drums in particular play a role in African and Caribbean traditions.

Bovenzi will host his family, and fellow drummers together for an afternoon filled with music, connection, and joy in support ...

Jordan Taylor Hill is an artist, cultural educator and founder of Rhythms of the Diaspora, who tours schools across the state ...

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary and the start of a new School of the Arts season, ...

In the ever evolving landscape of African music, Ghana and Nigeria have built a musical bridge that continues to inspire, ...

On her new album, “The BPM,” the songwriter, fiddler and rapper pumps up the beat and crafts a timely narrative about humans and machines.

Young Nigerian and German musicians joined forces at Beethovenfest for this year's DW Campus Project — making music and memories to last a lifetime.

WHEN you first listen to drummer Will Glaser's Music of the Terrazoku, two tapes of “ethnographic recordings from an imagined ...

Peabody Award-winning journalist Jad Abumrad is back with a new podcast series Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, investigating the icon ...

ABC is a new wave pop band. Photo courtesy of @abcmartinfry on Instagram Welcome back to British Invasion, the column that dives into British music history. Today’s column covers the rise of British ...

Interview - Saha Gnawa joins a long list of ensembles that offer a fresh take on the renowned healing musical tradition of Morocco and Algeria. Gnawa music, with its loping, cyclic grooves and ...

Fela Kuti is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. That's a quote. And, in fact, it's the mission statement for a new podcast series by Jad Abumrad.