Take traditional African instruments, electrify them and set them to a dance beat that resembles club music, electronica or trance. You've got Congotronics. It's the name of a CD series that showcases ...

In Africa, music occupies a central role in human existence—from birth to death, from somber ritual to joyous celebration. Traditional African music has passed from generation to generation over ...

Listeners who come to traditional African music from the American variety will find it a refreshingly organic experience. The sonorities reflect a variety of instruments both ancient and modern, ...

African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...

THE techniques and repertoire of traditional African music are handed down by word of mouth. There are skilled musicians who make music their profession. However, participation in music is generally ...

EVERETT — A nonstop flight from Seattle to Africa will take close to 20 hours and cost thousands. But life on the continent can be experienced for free this weekend in Everett. The first-ever Sounds ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Dec. 25, 2022. The original video can be viewed here. Tonight we want to introduce you to a musician named Sona Jobarteh, who introduced us to ...

Like many of today's top jazz guitarists, Lionel Loueke now makes his home in New York City. But Loueke grew up in what he describes as a family of poor intellectuals in Benin, a small country of ...

There will be a free concert featuring traditional African music, with Morikeba Kouyate and Erica Azim performing at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 in Southern Illinois University Carbondale Student Center ...

The symbols of America's racist past have been under intense scrutiny since the protests against police brutality erupted nationwide. The confederate flag and other monuments from that era have been ...