Randy Weston’s relentless advocacy for African music and culture has defined his storied jazz career. This weekend, the renowned jazz pianist, who first set foot on the continent nearly 40 years ...

Africa's percussion rhythms are an integral part of its cultural identity, providing a unique window into the continent's ...

(CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so ...

African artists are making huge waves in the global music scene, bringing unique sounds and rhythms that are reshaping ...

No musician has been more devoted to exploring the connection between Afro-American classical music (jazz) and the ancestral spirits and rhythms of the African continent than Randy Weston. The ...

Kuumba was playing Balakulanjan, one of several traditional African rhythms that Kuumba and her ensemble “Soaring High” have blended with elements of house, reggae, neo-jazz and contemporary ...

Obi Original is an Nigerian Minnesotan making Afrobeats music with his band, Obi Original and The Black Atlantics.

Jazz album: “African Rhythms 1970-1982” by James "Plunky" Branch, released in 2020 on Strut Records. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All About Jazz ...

Integrating African music with the Orff approach, this book presents a developmental sequence of drum instruction for children as young as 5 but is applicable to any age.

Houston dancer, educator, and author Stacey Allen joins Houston Matters to discuss her new children’s book, "D is for Dance," ...

From DJ Kool Herc and The Last Poets to Prophets of Da City and Mode 9, here’s how African history has influenced hip-hop – and vice-versa – 50 years after the genre was born.