LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Elementary School gymnasium Friday morning was filled with the rhythmic sounds of West African music — drumming and singing — as students, faculty and staff listened and ...

Clapping and dancing to the beat of African instruments, hundreds of J.X. Wilson Elementary students participated in an energetic, cultural performance by world-renowned Diamano Coura West African ...

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...

Amid Black History Month celebrations in February, some local musicians say they are finding more opportunities at various venues to share their work and stories. One Bay Area man who plays an unusual ...

ABUJA – In a digital age where African music is increasingly measured by streaming numbers, dance trends, luxury aesthetics and celebrity culture, a different kind of artist is quietly commanding ...

Jasmine “Jazz” Young expanded her global footprint with VRTEXX, a label built to elevate West African artists onto the world stage. The former Def Jam executive and current director of the Warner ...

The passing of celebrated Malian flautist, composer and arranger Boncana Maïga at the age of 77 truly marks the end of an era in the music of west Africa. He was a charismatic performer and bandleader ...

Tracks by Rema, Burna Boy and more were streaming in the billions, but hits are drying up. Stars and analysts across the African music industry fret about how to change course In 2016, Afrobeats – the ...