Since black music didn’t start here in the United States during slavery, it makes sense for the study of the art form to reach across the Atlantic to its roots in Africa. This is what Ghana-born ...

The ennanga is an arched harp from Uganda, which players hold in their laps, traditionally used to accompany singing and storytelling. Hear a connection to Africa in William Grant Still’s Ennanga for ...

The 2025 Newport Classical Music Festival will present GRAMMY Award-winning soprano Karen Slack in African Queens on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 8pm in The Breakers (44 Ochre Point Ave).

Dayes has pursued the development of his craft of drumming with astonishing perseverance and single-mindedness ever since he was a small child, and taken his journeys of discovery in many different ...

Three new categories have been added ahead of the 2024 Grammy Awards: best African music performance, best alternative jazz album and best pop dance recording. Additionally, producer of the year, ...