Burna Boy, whose real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, is a renowned Nigerian singer and songwriter known for his fusion of Afrobeat, dancehall, reggae, and American rap. He gained international fame ...

Our weekly picks of the best things to do in Cleveland this weekend. Also check out our full Cleveland event calendar. THU 07 ...

City Cat Radio, the weekly radio program of Oakland’s own DJ/Producer/Engineer DJ HENROC, is designed to celebrate plain old good music including Soul, Roots, Reggae, Dancehall, Soca, Afro Beat, Funk, ...

Musician and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo is 80 years old this month. The man, often dubbed the "Lion of Zimbabwe", is still hugely popular in his home country, despite having gone into exile and ...

The younger brother of 60s singer-songwriter Phil Ochs, Michael Ochs created a business of collecting images of musicians that evolved into licensed photos to countless outlets, including books, print ...

North America's premier African music festival, Nuits D'Afrique in Montreal, just wrapped up its 39th edition. Afropop Worldwide was there, and we caught 22 bands, many of them Canadian-based, and all ...

Psychedelic rockers Glass Beams headline First Avenue, noisey punk rock arrives from MSPAINT and Dinosaur Jr., theatrical ...

George Brooks Veikoso, the towering Polynesian vocalist known to fans around the world as Fiji, died Wednesday in Suva, Fiji, ...

Junior Murvin’s Police And Thieves, originally recorded in 1976 at Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Black Ark studio in Kingston, ...

Now Mint and Sealed has officially opened the doors to its permanent unit at the Market. Chris Seal of Mint and Sealed Record Shop Newport (Image: NQ) The shop is the passion project of Chris Seal, a ...

Summertime has nearly come and gone once again. With Frontier Days coming to a close, and the Laramie County Fair starting soon, that can only mean one thing: Fridays on the Plaza is entering its last ...