Apartheid, the race-centric form of government that ... their talent through studying classical music abroad. SMU’s only full-time African American voice professor established a trans-Atlantic ...

Enjoy the review: After singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known ... made central to worship the early form of gospel music that blended spirituals with emerging blues, ragtime and jazz music.

MORE AFRICAN MUSIC: Africa is spawning ... unlike some other dance-music forms where singing is an afterthought, if that — the beauty of a soulful voice. It’s no accident that the style ...

Despite the existence of scat-like singing in the folk music traditions of West Africa and Europe (for ... Instead, it represents in vocal form an important ideology of freedom of expression ...

In the second episode of the series, cellist, kora player and composer Tunde Jegede concludes his celebration of the classical music of Africa. Today he focuses on a variety of vocal traditions ...

On Thursday, the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM ... "Their journey reminds us that music is not just an art form—it’s a movement that drives progress and unity." ...

Jazz singer Somi Kakoma is a multihyphenate talent—she’s also a composer, actor, and writer—but she’s best known for her rich, soaring voice. Born in Champaign to parents who’d come to ...