The powerful sound of the drumline is more than just a crowd-pleaser at football games and parades—it's a living echo of ...
Salif Keita is known today as the "golden voice" of Africa, but in his youth he was an outcast, unaccepted by his community because he was born with albinism. Turning to music as an outlet, Keita rose ...
Pianist Randy Weston grew up surrounded by some of the greatest musicians in jazz. But it was his deep connection to Africa that inspired his personal style of music. Weston recently sat down with NPR ...
The Festival in the Desert -- described as the “most remote music festival on the planet” -- has taken place since 2001 near Timbuktu in the African Sahara. A celebration of the culture of the nomadic ...
No musician has been more devoted to exploring the connection between Afro-American classical music (jazz) and the ancestral spirits and rhythms of the African continent than Randy Weston. The ...
Ever since Ornette Coleman and journalist Robert Palmer ventured to Joujouka in the late 1970s, traditional Moroccan musicians have had sporadic, generally fruitful meetings with American jazzmen.
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The composer’s How Black Music Took Over the World charts the spread of African rhythms around the globe and across musical genres. You ...
The Baltimore Rhythm Festival filled Guilford Avenue with culture, music, food and workshops on Sept. 13. Druid Hills’ very own Park Vibe Drummers have been playing since 1968. Baltimore Rhythm ...
Angelique Kidjo is unstoppable. She can claim to be the best-known African performer in the world. She is a tireless campaigner for human rights. She won a Grammy for Contemporary World Music Album ...
Pianist Randy Weston grew up surrounded by some of the greatest musicians in jazz. But it was his deep connection to Africa that inspired his personal style of music. Weston recently sat down with NPR ...