McGregor Hall is slated to host A Celebration of African Music and Dance, a concert billed as tracing the roots of African ...

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For the next year, NPR will take a musical journey across America, which is one of the most religiously diverse countries on earth. We want to discover and celebrate the many ways in which people make ...

The African American Choral Ensemble is putting on a 50th anniversary concert celebration, bringing together 100 alumni and current members to honor the history and future of the choir. The concert ...

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Ebo Taylor has died at 90. He was a world-renowned musician and composer of African highlife music, but it took decades for ...

While Spotify's Billions Club contains an exclusive group of artists who've had songs reach one billion streams, there's an even more elite crop of African artists who are members. "Essence" ...

The proliferation of smartphones and affordable, high-speed internet in Africa has facilitated the widespread consumption of music through digital mediums. African music spans diverse genres like ...

The songs featured in this five-part series on African music are oddities, especially compared to today’s hits. In an age dominated by dull one-hit wonders that are quickly forgotten, artists of the ...

For the next year, NPR will take a musical journey across America, which is one of the most religiously diverse countries on earth. We want to discover and celebrate the many ways in which people make ...

Part of understanding African sacred music means thinking about its colonial context. It's the music of oppressed people combined with the music... Songs Of Africa: Beautiful Music With A Violent ...