Fally Ipupa is celebrating 20 years of his solo career. For the occasion, he is releasing his eighth studio album, “XX", and ...

Segerstrom Center for the Arts is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an exciting new season and the launch of a Hispanic ...

Since the late ’70s, the bassist has worked to map a musical route that mirrored the trans-Atlantic slave trade and birthed ...

We check in with Jeff Coffin and Ibro Dioubate about bringing the soul-stirring sounds of West African music are coming to ...

Thousands of revelers have gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, for the annual Lagos Fanti Carnival. The event celebrates the ...

Son Rompe Pera, the Mexico City-based band known for blending marimba with cumbia and punk rock, will perform at Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn as part of World Music Institute's Let's Dance Series in May.

A famed reggae drummer is teaching students percussion techniques for upcoming concerts at the Miramar Cultural Center.

Weston, who died in 2018, had a 60-year recording career, during which he lived in the U.S., Morocco and France. He was influenced by Duke Ellington's regal bearing, but Weston also had his own style.

African music has inspired an exhaustive list of genres that span continents, including some of the most popular, like jazz, ...

Albert Mazibuko, longtime voice of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, dies at 77, leaving a legacy of harmony, unity, and global influence.

Easter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—where congregants celebrate with the Zairean Rite, the only Vatican-approved liturgy shaped by local culture, alive with song, dance, and striking ritual ...