Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jesse Clegg during the memorial service of the late South African music legend Jonny Clegg at the Sandton Convention Centre on ...

Bono took a night off from campaigning on aid for Africa and went back to his day job -- music -- as he sang along with a local band in a 1,000-year-old chant in the West African state of Mali. By ...

East African music is reaching wider audiences through streaming platforms, cross-border collaborations and international releases. From Rwandan producers building careers as performers to Kenyan ...

"African Night In New York is more than just a party, it's a celebration of global unity through music, where tradition meets innovation, and cultures blend seamlessly on the dance floor." At its core ...

This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...

National Wake was a band, a movement and a revolution — and within four years, it was just a memory. Formed in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the late 1970s, National Wake blended punk, funk and ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Juma Jux is looking beyond Tanzania, with the Bongo Flava star pursuing international opportunities in both music and fashion as he works to build a wider African presence.While his music career has ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - African Americans have made many contributions to music- as artistic expression, and also as a sign of unity and resilience. The influence of Black culture can be seen in ...

At the beginning of the 20th century in Jacqueville near Abidjan in the Côte dIvoire traditional music was forbidden by the missionaries But the inhabitants enjoyment of their local festivals proved ...