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Renowned Rwandan singer, songwriter, and actress Kaya Byinshii continues her quest to transform Kigali’s nightlife and music scene with yet another live music residency slated for May 15 at Mundi ...

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

In its musical moments, Ryan Coogler's vampire blockbuster makes a powerful statement about Black culture, ancestry, and art.

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The multidisciplinary artist's latest body of work invites viewers into a poetic, spiritual meditation on humanity through ...

The dance duo's amazing house music compilations took South Africa by storm. They came to the limelight in 2011 because their album, Talking to the Drums, went viral and earned them a lump sum of ...

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To make the music feel authentic to the time ... “Clarksdale Love,” the guitar reverberates with deep suffering and spiritual transcendence. But Canton needed to find the right slide guitar ...

3 on U.S. Afrobeats Songs and was nominated for best African music performance. Watch Davido and Victoria Monét’s “Offa Me” music video below. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox ...

Five years after his last album, N’Dour’s latest record Eclairer Le Monde (Light The World) voices his commitment to human rights and gives a place of honour to traditional African instruments, a ...