Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

I play traditional music, and I don't know what the blues is." African Americans would later mix and morph these West African sounds into jazz, rock & roll, soul, funk, and hip-hop. Since djelis ...

Mo' Meta Blues is more than just an autobiography—it's Questlove's love letter to the African rhythms that have shaped his ...

As Calgary’s population grows and diversifies, its cultural and music scene is expanding to reflect this dynamic shift. From ...

jazz and Latin American music due to the historic movement of African slaves to the Americas. Millions of people were taken from Africa to America and the West Indies, especially during the period ...

Songhoy Blues, an African desert blues group with Touré at the helm, was eventually formed. The group gained fame after a run of shows in Bamako, Mali. Around that time the group met Paul Chandler, a ...

Tiitambe West African Dance Ensemble is coming to Family of Christ Lutheran Church in Chanhassen on Wednesday, April 3 at 6 p.m. to perform free for the public. The musicians celebrate music and ...

Highlighting Black talent is the central mission of the second annual We Black Folk Fest at Club Passim in Cambridge, a two-day festival in February honoring the West African griot tradition through ...

Ghanaian music legend and saxophonist Teddy Osei ... which blended the vibrant rhythms of highlife - a popular West African genre - with the energetic styles of rock and soul.