Emerging in the 2000s, Afrobeats is a popular style of West African music that employs polyrhythms and syncopation and draws inspiration from hip-hop, R&B, dancehall and more while incorporating ...
Amid Black History Month celebrations in February, some local musicians say they are finding more opportunities at various venues to share their work and stories. One Bay Area man who plays an unusual ...
A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by reverence for tradition. By Giovanni Russonello Foday Musa Suso, a griot, ...
SOAS, University of London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Amadou Bagayoko (1954-2025), iconic Malian guitarist, singer and composer of the famed duo Amadou & Mariam – known as ...
Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...
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The 68th Grammys: What Davido’s Nomination (And Potential Win) Means for African Music
African fans, Afrobeats enthusiasts, and everyone who likes underdog stories of artists working hard on their way to global recognition: rejoice! The Nigerian American superstar Davido, born David ...
Covering three continents and four centuries, Bloomington Early Music Festival 2025 is devoted to early music of Black Africans and their descendants. Only during the past few decades have many of ...
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