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

The keyboard, everything, came to me,” she said, “including knowing that I wanted ‘Fanga’ to go with that.” It was the moment of inspiration for the title song of “Soaring High,” Kuumba’s live concert ...

The eighty-seven-year-old pianist, bandleader, and Jazz Master is a living link between mambo and salsa—and he’s never been ...

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

Experience the 22nd annual Jazz at Ebenezer Concert in Atlanta, featuring Julie Dexter and Groove Centric. A free event for ...

Before a special screening of his feature-length directorial debut, The Piano Lesson, Denzel's youngest son invited us to ...

The Bard Of Barking is known for his stark protest songs, often performed solo on ... with the murder and lynching of African American Michael Donald by Ku Klux Klan members took place in March ...

From the first talkie to modern films such as ‘Whiplash,’ jazz and the movies have had a fruitful relationship. Here are 25 of the best jazz soundtracks. What American novelist F. Scott ...

As jazz celebrities rallied to the cause of African decolonization, secret Western interests saw an opportunity for exploitation in this documentary eye-opener.

April Eaton sits down with Dion Brown. President and CEO of the National Museum of African American Music, and Noelle Taylor, ...

It’s a dazzling, tune-filled collage of images, words and sounds, recounting the moment during the Cold War when Congolese independence, hot jazz and ... lightning rod of African independence.