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

Three iconic African musicians drop new albums, reaffirming their lasting influence amid a new wave of pop stars.

Dzingwa explained that his latest design of the electric semi-acoustic marimba enables artistes to carry their marimba ...

Africa Music Library (AML), a non-governmental music collective dedicated to the archiving, preservation and study of African music, and connecting older and newer generation of African musicians ...

TRADITIONAL artiste Sherifa Gunu has raised concerns about the negative labelling of traditional music, noting that the music ...

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

voices his commitment to human rights and gives a place of honour to traditional African instruments. “It’s been nothing but a blast!” says the 65-year-old of his decades in music.

He was 70. Alongside his wife Mariam Doumbia, Bagayoko found international success creating music as Amadou & Mariam. The two combined traditional African instruments with more Western-inspired ...

All these instruments are played by great musicians ... Really, in the West, people prefer traditional African music, which has nothing to do with cities, with the urban side.

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