Guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of the Malian duo Amadou & Mariam has died at 70. Known as the Blind Couple from Mali, Bagayoko and his wife lifted their country's music across the world.

Youssou N’Dour’s voice is one of the wonders of music, a soaring bird that has taken him around the globe from his native Dakar, Senegal, as a beloved, ever-visionary arts ambassador for more than ...

Zandie Khumalo-Gumede shares a heartfelt post amid her husband's polygamous decision, stating that she fully supports him.

This Chicago blues vocalist is a longtime staple on the current blues scene, having played venues like Kingston Mines, Buddy ...

Amira Millicent Davis serves as a Road Scholar Speaker for Illinois Humanities. She presents programs throughout the state.

South Colonie Central School District students and families enjoyed cultural performances, exhibits and food at the school's ...

Josef Nadj and his seven dancers take us on a journey back to the very roots of dance in a frenetic, absorbing performance ...

Students at Mountainview Elementary had the opportunity to learn about South-African culture, including playing the drums with the Drum Café! This was sweet treat thanks ...

A group of white Afrikaners was so opposed to majority Black rule when apartheid ended some three decades ago that they ...

Fela Kuti is renowned as the innovator of Afrobeat, a creative blend of his native West African music, James Brown funk, and big horn jazz rhythms that were meant for more than just jump up dance and ...

By the early 1970s, WCHB’s founders realized that the station could do more for jazz by fully committing to the genre. So, in 1974, the station underwent a bold rebranding; it became WJZZ, a name that ...