If percussion is the heartbeat of music, Aaron Mossell Junior High School was alive and kicking Tuesday as band students learned to play West African drums. Youssou Lo, a drum and dance instructor ...

Interview - A conversation with Angélique Kidjo on the power of music, Africa's future, and breaking boundaries.

The T-BYK and the Center for Black Arts and African Civilization (CBAAC), have unveiled the African Global Festival Nigeria ...

Ifetayo an Afro-centric 1976 album by the unique Trinidadian Black Truth Rhythm Band is reissued by Soundway Records ...

Teen artists showcase their talent and creativity by displaying flower silhouettes, neon acrylic artwork inspired by the ...

Splice and MIDiA Research’s Sounds of 2025 Report tracks how genres like pluggnb and Afro House are likely to make waves this ...

The Blues Trail was created nearly two decades ago with markers located at significant places that helped shape the genre.

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 ...

Music's brightest stars rocked the red carpet at the Grammy Awards, bringing some high drama, serious style - and, as ever, lots of skin.