Older genres classed in the World Music category and headlined by Angélique Kidjo continue to inspire newer genres, Afrobeats and Amapiano. Here are 25 standout tunes of 2023. 1. Tyler ICU & Tumelo.za ...
At 2 p.m. Feb. 3, I met John Fleming, his sister, and Ruby Miller, at the American Museum of Science and Energy. It was my privilege to provide a tour to acquaint our speaker for the evening with ...
The show has, over the years remained a hallmark of the harmonization of African sounds and rhythms, bringing together voices from the various parts of the African continent to thrill attendees. To ...
Three new categories have been added ahead of the 2024 Grammy Awards: best African music performance, best alternative jazz album and best pop dance recording. Additionally, producer of the year, ...
The first thing Dee Williams noticed was that it felt like home. It was December 2019, and the Los Angeles-based photographer had just touched down in Accra, Ghana, for the first time. What she found ...
Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at first, ...
Over the last decade, Afrobeats has become a global phenomenon, bringing African music into the Western mainstream. There’s now an Afrobeats category at the MTV Video Music Awards, and performers like ...
Gabonese music has become one of the most visible musical scenes in Central Africa over the last ten years, despite the dominance of Congolese and Cameroonian musical sounds. These pioneers have laid ...
In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...
Citizen Of The World: Born in the Atlanta and raised in Lagos, Davido has mixed elements of American hip-hop and African pop with catchy hooks to become an international star. IT’s early April, and ...
On a chilly October night, the dimly lit lounge of Rock Steady — a popular Afro-Caribbean restaurant in Midtown — is notably empty. Staffers are preparing for what’s supposed to be a busy night ahead.
Jam out this season to highlife, Afrobeats, jazz, a cappella, R & B, rap, dance, and hip-hop artists from Nigeria, South Africa, and more. Having listened to hours of African Christmas music, I can ...
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