Habib Koité of Mali was born one of 18 children into a long line of griots, traditional African storytellers, but his verse in the family history would take a modern turn. Like the guitar he plays, ...
University of Virginia assistant professor (and former DJ) Noel Lobley’s association with sub-Saharan Africa began in 2001 with a donkey cart and a few fellow musicians traveling South Africa’s ...
Grammy-nominated Nigerian DJ and producer Damie says balancing tradition and innovation remains the driving force behind ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- African Alchemies, a program that includes traditional African music, as well as new music inspired by its melodies, will be performed at 8 p.m. March 29 in Baird Recital Hall, 250 ...
Listeners who come to traditional African music from the American variety will find it a refreshingly organic experience. The sonorities reflect a variety of instruments both ancient and modern, ...
A collaboration in African dance music from Tucson to Ghana is happening this weekend at Solar Culture Gallery. The Tucson-based band Key Ingredients of African Soul is joining forces with African ...
Issyra Gallery continues to offer live music to the public as the Issyra Gallery Project presents Traditional African Music Night on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 9 p.m. to midnight. The evening will include ...
CARBONDALE – A blend of Malian, West African and American “Dirty South” music will fill the air in Sopris Park Sunday.The Carbondale Summer of Music free concert series continues with African rhythm ...
The African Children's Choir will perform at a local church in the coming days. The choir made up of children ages 8 through ...
In an interview with Pitchfork, Göransson went into a little more detail about his research process. After meeting with Baba Maal, he traveled to the International Library of African Music in South ...
For Randy Weston, Africa was the wellspring of music — the spiritual and rhythmic source of blues, African American spirituals, samba, bossa nova and, above all, jazz. Weston, who was 92 when he died ...