Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience for the last time. Last ...

Jon Batiste's eyes lit up as he walked through the National Museum of African American Music to see his exhibit among legends ...

A new musical instrument drive aims to provide local kids with the gift of music while encouraging early spring cleaning.

Born and raised in Addis Ababa, Teshome Wondimu grew up in Fitber, a neighborhood where music and performance were woven into ...

Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician whose sound and politics reshaped modern African music, has been named the first African ...

Musicians played newly-invented instruments on the ‘Avatar’ set, composer Simon Franglen tells Classic FM. Avatar returns to ...

Country pulled out of hosting 2015 tournament but has since become central figure within world football ...

From virtually DJing during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown to connecting with famed amapiano producers, Southeast London-born ...

Lebanese singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan returns with mournful minimalism, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 album of Punjabi disco makes a comeback and Venezuelan-Guatemalan duo Titanic serve up ecstatic ...

Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of ...

Highlights this weekend include Sandra Bernhard’s 19th year at Joe’s Pub and the last chance to catch Douglas Lyons’ latest ...