“The children of negro spirituals got to be the blues and then came jazz and R&B, and all of them used what was developed in the spiritual which was improvisation,” Jones said. The beats and melodies ...

The first thing that you have to accept when you write a book about early blues music, Dr. Gregg Kimball says, is that you’ll never solve the mystery of it all. “We just dont ...

Rwandan artistes are showing no signs of slowing down this year as they continue to drop back-to-back hits featuring into regional charts, This week, Rwandan rappers Bushali and Ish Kevin made major ...

For decades, Altadena has been a diverse hamlet that boasted higher than average Black home ownership, thriving Black small ...

Renowned Ghanaian songwriter, record producer and lead singer of the award-winning urban gospel group Preachers, Obed Awelinga-Nzuh known as Obed Psych has expressed concerns over the Telecel Ghana ...

Renowned Ghanaian songwriter, record producer and lead singer of the award-winning urban gospel group Preachers, Obed Awelinga-Nzuh known as Obed Psych has expressed concerns over the Telecel Ghana ...

As Black History Month approaches, there is no shortage of concerts, recitals, activities, food and drink to help you ...

Few stories resonate as much as that of Kepher Nyanyuki aka Koppa Gekon, especially in the music industry. By day, he is a ...

What is Vy Higginsen’s most famous contribution to musical theater? Vy Higginsen co-wrote “Mama, I Want to Sing!”, which became the longest-running black off-Broadway musical in American history, ...

Jackie Farry, who hosted an MTV show and rubbed shoulders with some legendary rock acts, died on Jan. 12. She was 58. Variety ...

Women folk singers are preserving one of Morocco's most cherished culturual traditions, a genre of folk singing known as aita ...

EMERGING from the north-west of England in the mid ’90s, NenaHalena became an influential figure in the electronic music ...