Indigenous performer and composer Jessie Lloyd has spent the past decade uncovering songs from 20th-century Aboriginal missions and settlements, and in the process laid out a slice of Australia barely ...
The rise of Afrobeats and Amapiano stems from years of effort to redefine African music beyond the vague ‘world music’ label into clear, distinct genres. May is celebrated worldwide as Africa Month, ...
Orchestra Four Stars has lived the test of time and three artistes leading the charge have in the past performed with the famous rhumba bands of TP OK Jazz of Franco Luambo Luanzo Makiadi, Afrisa ...
A veteran United States-based Congolese singer has released a new album dedicated to keeping alive the legacy of his mentor, the late maestro Tabu Ley Rochereau. Wawali Bonane Bungu has teamed up with ...
At the epitome of his musical career with Orchestra Virunga in the 1990s, band leader Samba Mapangala never dreamt of relocating from Kenya to any part of the world in pursuit of greener pastures. It ...
The late Malian singer and guitarist Ali Farka Toure took his music on the road, travelling from his beloved farm in Niafunke, in northwestern Mali, to thrill audiences around the globe, until his ...
Musician Mekanisi Modero said he had been informed about Lokassa's death by a nurse who has been taking care of him. She said he had breathing difficulties before he collapsed and died in Nashua, New ...
Legendary Congolese guitarist Denis Lokassa Kasiya, popularly known as Lokassa ya Mbongo, died Tuesday night in the US after a long illness. Lokassa, who recently turned 80, was the band leader of the ...
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