Michael Prince Johnson’s latest album blends Afro-House with traditional African instruments, telling a powerful story of ...

A recent Monday, 12:33 p.m.: Wherever Yacouba Diarra plays his music, he says, he is home. Which is why, despite being born into the Bouaba tribe in the West African nation of Burkina Faso, he's ...

Ahmed Abdul-Malik was a resourceful and versatile bassist capable of fitting in with the groups of Thelonious Monk, Herbie Mann, and others. On his few recordings as a leader, he dove head first into ...

How African instruments, rhythms, and innovators shaped the genre long before it became a cultural symbol of the American South. Long before country music became a billion-dollar cultural force, its ...

The ASU African Drum Ensemble gathers people together to learn and appreciate different African nations' traditional music. The ensemble chooses a nation to study, and it bases its performances on ...

MUSCAT (Reuters) - The coastal Arab nation of Oman is the unlikely center of a thriving African music scene with roots stretching back centuries and across the seas to Zanzibar. The Omani empire in ...

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 American ...

African gourd crafting is a traditional art that has been used for centuries to make musical instruments. Gourds are hollowed ...