New African Orleans features Senegalese musician Alune Wade’s film and band in events at The Broad Theater and Broadside.

Artists from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa have been paired with AI engineers to advance music innovation.

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

African music is dominating the global soundscape, with Afrobeats and other genres reshaping mainstream music worldwide. But ...

The 1965 album recorded in Cuba, entitled Las Maravillas de Mali, is a gem of its time, a showcase for Maïga’s early ...

This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...

Whenever the South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo sang, they moved audiences with their intricate rhythms and uplifting harmonies. There was just one problem as the group gained fame in ...

Thursday night is the culmination of a unique battle of the bands competition in Montreal. It’s called Syli D’Or, which means “the golden elephant” in a hybrid of French and Bambara, the language ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A band with African roots will spread its beat in Bozeman Friday, Sept. 23, at the Zebra Cocktail ...

Across generations, across borders, and across genres, African women have not only contributed to the continent’s sound, they have defined it.From the golden era of Afro-jazz and soul to the current ...

DAKAR, Senegal - Portions of the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Band and Chorus recently finished a tour filled with cultural exchanges in the western most part of Africa. Members of the band’s Alliance ...