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 ...

Besides their intro and outro performances, Baba NGida played nine pieces, each connecting to West African culture. Unlike ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

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 ...

The ancient wisdom of African traditions is reshaping global approaches ... particularly as individuals seek alternatives to conventional Western approaches. The resurgence of these practices ...

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

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 ...

If you are in Pune, don't miss the performance by Dumza Maswana and Volley Nchabeleng at the Ruhaniyat festival on February ...