Exploring the incredible legacy of 'Sons of Ethiopia', the revolutionary album released in 1984 that completely redefined ...

Joe Sheehan has traveled quite a distance — literally — since he first began taking piano lessons while growing up in Leechburg. A lifelong student of music and now a Duquesne University professor and ...

At 76, Hansrajh 'Butterfly' Lukhan remains an icon of traditional Indian dance in South Africa. Despite family opposition and ...

Bomba and Plena music, Puerto Rico’s traditional rhythms, are having a global moment. Bad Bunny has helped elevate the genres ...

When Ghana announced its initiative, The Year of the Return, in 2019 to welcome the African diaspora back to the continent ...

At the African Institute of Music, he is helping Uganda reclaim jazz on its own terms, blending ancestral rhythms with global ...

When I look back and see what Afrobeat is becoming, I wonder if we can still see a bit of what Fela did back then—the kind of ...

Nduduzo Makhathini, a South African jazz pianist and traditional healer, blends modern jazz with Zulu spirituality, creating ...

Amapiano - a genre born in South Africa's townships during the previous decade -- has rapidly evolved from a local blend of jazz and house music with traditional log drums into a pan-African ...

Local traditional group, Culture Spears, will continue their South African expedition when they perform at the 3rd Annual ...

The snap beans aren’t salted." "Zydeco" is rooted in R&B, rock ‘n’ roll and soul music, and indigenous to rural Southwest Louisiana, created by French-speaking, African Americans of Creole heritage.