The Delaware Art Museum returns visitors to the 1920s during “Jazz Age Illustration,” the first major exhibition of popular ...

While many African artists have been able to ride the wave of Afrobeats’ international popularity, some musicians are now ...

It comprises over 61 works by 34 modern and contemporary artists who showcase the convergence of these genres through a ...

Hosting a holiday event that reflects African American culture can make the gathering feel even more special and meaningful.

We take a look at the phenomenal Phil Schaap Jazz Collection, recently arrived at the university’s Blair School of Music, and ...

Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues ...

Roy Hargrove was a standard bearer for a new kind of African American jazz. The recipe embraced a variety of styles—jazz, Afro-Cuban music, funk, hip hop and soul—and it influenced a generation of ...

While many African artists have been able to ride the wave ... Popularized in the 1970s, Afrobeat merged American jazz and funk with traditional Yoruba music. More recently, Afrobeat morphed ...

“Bach? Beethoven? We’ve got better,” Mandela once said of the musician who just turned 90.

Pioneering producer, film composer and music industry titan achieved a number of ‘firsts’ over a seven-decade career ...