Central Carolina Community College will host touring musician Sean Gaskell for a performance highlighting West African music, ...

Nigerian music star Wizkid has reportedly made history as the first African artiste to surpass 12 billion streams on Spotify ...

Musicians and music educators of African nationality and living in an African country are invited to submit AI-driven music project proposals. By Heran Mamo The Wits Innovation Centre and Machine ...

Young black creatives are continuing a tradition of carving out spaces to dance, connect and belong.

The artists in the running discuss the category's first class and how they hope this step will inspire the industry going forward. By Lyndsey Havens After Harvey Mason Jr. embarked on a series of ...

African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...

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East African music is reaching wider audiences through streaming platforms, cross-border collaborations and international releases. From Rwandan producers building careers as performers to Kenyan ...

The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would be ...

AfroBit Concert, a new platform celebrating African music, culture and creative freedom, is set to make its debut in Blantyre ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...