When we hear that music today, it’s as if we’re ... and such instruments as kora, calabash and banjo to keep the connection to Africa alive. At the same time, however, she expands the scope ...

The Music Business Academy for Africa, in collaboration with SACEM, recently organized a groundbreaking workshop at Alliance Française in Ikoyi, Lagos. The event delved into the crucial role of ...

In early January, the Winter Village Music Camp will return once again to downtown Ithaca, connecting regional musicians and ...

In this adapted excerpt from his book, Custodians of Wonder, author Eliot Stein becomes one of the first foreign journalists ...

At the beginning of “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Beyoncé, we can hear folk musician Rhiannon Giddens playing the banjo. Did you know ...

This article provides a review of Western and African music. The study made a comparison of Western and African music against a biased background towards Western music especially during the nineteenth ...

Taj Mahal performs an exclusive KNKX Studio Session from Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, which he visits each year during ...

I was totally sold, and I pestered my parents mercilessly until they bought me a banjo for Christmas that year.” Six decades later, Trischka will be making holiday music in Albany. The acoustic ...

The African music industry is on the cusp of a revolution, with Afrobeats and other genres dominating the global music market. Despite the challenges faced by the industry, African artists like ...

Country music is rooted in styles and techniques from across the world. It's a glorious mixture of all the forms of folk which were introduced into the US with the migration of peoples from all across ...

It is a finely crafted example of the traditional thick rim style banjo, a style which was never adopted by urban manufacturers but which continues to be made and used in the southern mountains. In ...