A sacred drum that once served as a powerful communication tool for communities in Ivory Coast has returned home more than a century after it was seized during French colonial rule. Known as the ...

Unspoilt wild landscapes and luxury safari ventures are set to ignite a long-awaited tourism boom in Angola Sarah has spent the last 25 years hopping between the Nordics, Africa and South America with ...

Single-day tickets are now on sale for the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, after weekend passes were available ...

New Orleans is a city where music is not just entertainment; it is the heartbeat of daily life. From the syncopated grooves ...

Featuring 20 musicians from 10 countries, the Burlington band led by Avi Salloway aims to foster cultural understanding during a fraught time for immigrants.

Every liberation movement has a soundtrack, and every peoples recovering from colonial rule have their struggles they wish to sing to the world.

When the first notes of “Lift Every Voice” rose inside the newly renovated Powell Symphony Hall—now part of the Jack C.

The rhythm and sounds of the drum circles were the seeds for American music. Ragtime and jazz both have roots in Congo Square ...

Punk and rock icon Kid Congo Powers opens up about staying busy with new music and collaborations and much more in this exclusive interview.

Washington — Six countries of the Congo Basin--Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Republic of Congo--are working to take bold steps to ...

HENDERSON — McGregor Hall is slated to host A Celebration of African Music and Dance, a concert billed as tracing the roots of African music from the continent to where it is today. The event begins 3 ...

Beginning in the late 1700s, enslaved Africans gathered on Sundays at Congo Square in New Orleans. It became one of the most important cultural sites in American music history, a place where dancing, ...