In a country where criticising the authorities has often landed people in trouble, the latest song from Ethiopia's biggest ...

Novalima is one of Peru's most popular musical exports. Their pioneering fusion of Afro-Peruvian roots music with electronic, ...

Ethiopians are experiencing a dire moment. They face escalating violence and a worsening humanitarian crisis, and many live in fear of giving voice to their political thoughts. But the African country ...

Based in London and of Nigerian descent, Afro B is making a global footprint with his timeless music. Afro B created the term “Afrowave” which is a fusion of hip-hop, dance hall, and Afrobeat melodies ...

Since he struck gold with the hit “Drogba” last year, British musician and radio host Afro B has been on a roll, taking Afrowave — the fusion of rap, dancehall, and Afrobeat that he’s made his staple ...

Musician Cimafunk will return to Festival International in Lafayette this year for the 40th anniversary. The eccentric ...

Allah says Manual. You have a pocket spaniel. I was born in the Dominican Republic. Nowadays, Benito Vdma speaks mostly English, but as a Dominican Spanish is his native tongue. When I was born over ...

Though the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie was considered a god by Rastafarians, in Bob Marley's day, reggae music wasn't popular in Ethiopia. Now, though, reggae is huge in the East African ...

The genre Afrobeats has come a long way. From its dodgy etymology (origin word: Afrobeat) to its location of christening (London), this catch-all phrase for the current wave of Contemporary West ...

The influence of African music is deeply felt in much of the Latin music of the Americas. It's a legacy of the slave trade — the transplantation of myriad African traditions to the Afro-Caribbean and ...