In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2017 Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The Recording Academy has announced three new categories to be added to the ...

This has been a strong year for African music, with two big trends emerging. The first is the continuing integration of African music into the U.S. and European mainstream. Nigerian Afrobeat is played ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– Multi-instrumentalist Cheikh Ibra Fam rhythmically expresses a free and futuristic sound that intertwines with his Senegalese heritage, and he’s bringing all the African vibes ...

Over Memorial Day weekend, Miami will light up with the chill, hypnotic sounds of Africa. Afro Nation Miami at LoanDepot Park is bringing a globe-spanning lineup of artists from the continent and ...

It's all about the music this weekend in Bloomington. Well, that and jokes. OK, music, jokes, mothers and public spaces. Bloomington stages will resonate with folk, country-rock, afro-pop, a Mamma Mia ...

The academy also announced the best alternative jazz album award and is allowing all Grammy voters, who have limitations in the number of categories they can vote in, to put their bids in for ...

TAIWO LIJADU’S TWO-BEDROOM apartment in Harlem is filled floor to ceiling with relics that span time and space — elaborate canopies, a puzzle of rugs, and an expansive encyclopedia set among a wall of ...

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As a folk musician, Mon Rovîa has never been much of a planner. He didn’t plan on pursuing music as a career; he never imagined going on tour, nor does he map out the lyrics in his music that’s going ...