The first African American to play the lead role in “Carmen” at the Sydney Opera House is shifting away from her roots to ...

As the Diamond City Jazz Festival honours a generational talent exchange and brings together jazz greats and 'soon-to-be ...

GBH Music's Sam Brewer talks about GBH Music Presents JazzNow, Jazz Nights and the musical talent they have lined up.

Purnell Steen walks us through the city's jazz lineage as Dazzle prepares its programming for Black History Month.

In its 16th year, the annual event moves to a new venue in DeLand that organizers hope will attract a broader community ...

From its humble beginnings at the Good Hope Centre, where it welcomed just 6,000 attendees, to becoming Africa’s Grandest ...

A North Jersey band will be defending its title, and another North Jersey band will be challenging it, at this year's ...

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

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

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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 ...

COUNTDOWN: As Kendrick Lamar’s much-anticipated performance at this year’s Super Bowl approaches, Kevin E G Perry rates the ...