A rat-a-tat percussion and keyboard riff, and Youssou N’Dour’s voice tore through the dark Dakar sky, as the world music ...

Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama ...

Warren, Pa., and Ghana in West Africa are separated by over 5,000 miles. But the two cultures came together Wednesday at St.

Mulatu Astatke struggled for decades before his name became associated worldwide with a musical genre and he was finally born ...

Director Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Göransson met in film school at USC. Their latest collaboration, an explosive mix ...

Now in its 39th year, Festival International runs during the first weekend of Jazz Fest, starting on the evening of Wednesday ...

The famous blind couple, Amadou & Mariam, helped take Mali’s rich musical traditions to a new global audience.

In a powerful testament to Africa’s booming musical influence, Spotify has announced that it paid out an impressive $59 million in royalties to artists from Nigeria and South Africa in 2024 alone — ...

A renowned singer-songwriter who created Scotland's "unofficial national anthem" is to perform at an outdoor traditional music concert. Dougie MacLean, 70, has spent five decades as a professional ...

It also aimed to promote that traditional music and dance could be "lifelong interests", with those taking part ranging from infants to university students, along with those who are now ...

Nigerian and South African music achieved unprecedented growth last year on Spotify, earning record-breaking royalties, the audio streaming platform said on Friday. Led by international superstars ...