Explore musical instruments in the Anacostia Community Museum's collection ... of sounds and songs transported from Africa to the Americas. Dance to drums of the African diaspora, whose rhythms ...

One Bay Area man who plays an unusual West African instrument recently discovered ... "Spiritually it made sense why I ...

accompanied preaching in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and other congregations. But it wasn't until about the 1840s that choral singing and musical instruments made their way into church ...

You may be familiar with musical instruments such as the drums, guitar and piano. These are very well-known instruments, used in lots of music we listen to. There are also lots of musical ...

and the rich African musical heritage that they carried with them was part of the foundation of a new American musical culture that mixed African traditions with those of Europe and the Americas.

Long before musical instruments graced the world ... hymns and spirituals that spoke of hope and endurance. The pulse of African-American music took shape against the backdrop of slavery, with ...