PALOS HILLS, Ill. (RNS) – A musical play explores the shared history of Islam, Africa and blues music through the eyes of an enslaved storyteller-musician. PALOS HILLS, Ill. (RNS) – The history of ...

Gnawa music is often likened to American blues and gospel. Gnawa music is a mixture of African rhythms and Islamic poetry created by enslaved West Africans brought to Morocco. For centuries, it was ...

One of Africa’s most renowned musicians will be performing in New England this weekend. Musician Habib Koite is from Mali in West Africa. He has a unique guitar style. His instrument is tuned to the ...

African Blues guitarist/vocalist Vieux Farka Touré performs at 8 p.m. Sunday at Felton Music Hall including songs from his new album Les Racines which translates as “The Roots.” The album is set for ...

Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

Before he even sits down to play, Randy Weston fills a room... a venue if he has to. Then he pulls back the piano stool, stretches out his arms and the sounds of an Ancient Future fill every available ...

The Baby Boomer era, a time of profound societal shifts, gifted the world an extraordinary legacy of rock music that ...

Ervia P. Davis has spent the past few weeks rehearsing the music of her ancestors and, for her, it feels amazing to sing these songs. “Because it tells a story about where we came from, how we came ...

“Hello Dolly” is the title song of the popular 1964 musical of the same name, originally recorded by Carol Channing. However, it is Louis Armstrong’s version that was the 1965 Grammy Award winner for ...

JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN, Sept 24 (Reuters) - From Sao Paulo to Sweden, thousands of people around the world, including priests, police, ministers and frontline workers, have posted clips of themselves ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

Blues music was born in the Mississippi River delta, a pivotal event in American music history. You can visit the place ...