The Voice of America launched African Music Mix, a stream of African music, available to African listeners daily. The show is broadcast daily and includes contents from a VOA archive of 12,000 African ...

Creators Mix’ A new initiative celebrating the emerging vibrant African creative community in the Northeast of England is launching its first-ever “Creators’ Mix” event. Created by UK-based ...

On a chilly October night, the dimly lit lounge of Rock Steady — a popular Afro-Caribbean restaurant in Midtown — is notably empty. Staffers are preparing for what’s supposed to be a busy night ahead.

Offiong Bassey combines the soul, jazz and gospel music of the U.S. and the musical traditions of West Africa. Bassey is the first generation from her Nigerian family born in the U.S.She was inspired ...

Swedish group Little Dragon are working on new music, with a single set to be released early next year and an album due next spring. In the meantime, they've created a new mix that's filled with the ...

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

Zimbabwean music continues to make waves on the global stage as Apple Music has announced award-winning artists Bantu and Dr. Chaii as the latest Isgubhu cover stars, celebrating their influence on ...

Music has shaped cultures and communities throughout the world and has been passed down through generations to keep histories alive. It can amplify one’s attitudes and motivate change, which makes it ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) Three years ago, when Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell took the stage at a Jewish vaudeville celebration and said he was going to sing in Yiddish, people laughed. As a 6-foot-plus ...

From samba to hip hop to reggae, so much of the music we enjoy has African roots. Tonight, for the first time, the Grammy Awards is recognizing music produced in Africa with a category of its own.

Metal is the most diverse and ever-expanding genre of music on the planet. Mad scientist metalheads are constantly cooking up new hybrid styles, and Zeal & Ardor may be the next exciting branch of ...

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...