Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience for the last time. Last ...

It’s good to challenge yourself. Put yourself into various situations that may cause fear: jump off a high dive into a pool without holding your nose, eat some Ethiopian food, go skydiving or put your ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi commenced a significant three-nation tour to Jordan, Ethiopia, and Oman, countries with deep historical and contemporary ties to India. The visits, spanning December 15-18 ...

Before there was Bob Dylan, the folk revival icon, there was Odetta. Before there was Janis Joplin, the wailing blues singer, there was Odetta. The woman whom Martin Luther King Jr. called the “Queen ...

The Santa Monica College Music Department will present the SMC Mariachi Ensemble Los Corsarios in a free concert celebrating regional Mexican folk music Thursday, Dec. 4 at 11:15 a.m. The performance ...

For more than four decades, the Athabascan Fiddle Festival has filled community halls in Fairbanks with a sound that is both global and distinctly Native. Marc Brown The moment you step into the dance ...

When: 11 a.m. Saturday, doors open at 10; 11 a.m. Sunday, doors open at 10 Where: Spokane Falls Community College, The Lair, 1810 N. Greene St. Cost: Free The Spokane Fall Folk Festival is celebrating ...

What makes folk music, folk music? Is it its sound, or thematic and tonal origin? Well, like all music genres, there isn’t one thing that defines folk music. However, if one were trying to narrow down ...

CHESTERTOWN — The National Music Festival will open its 2025-26 Resonance concert series with a performance by Ayreheart, a Renaissance and folk music ensemble, at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, in the ...

The BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble went to Italy this summer to perform in both the Latium and Terranostra festivals. Before they left, they spoke on their preparation for the trip. “Our ...