David Byrne has a long history of celebrating the music of the African continent, and recently curated a playlist of his ...

One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she ...

In a world where music is confined to commercial tunes and digital beats, city-based musician Siddharth Venkat is on a ...

jazz and Latin American music due to the historic movement of African slaves to the Americas. Millions of people were taken from Africa to America and the West Indies, especially during the period ...

Although her degree was in environmental philosophy, Lehmann continued to study West African music after graduating. She returned to the Ivory Coast and Guinea in 2007. It wasn’t just the music that ...

Growing up in a rural part of Tennessee, Keenan Webster would listen to gospel music at church, and hear the influence of West African sounds of music. "I felt like I knew these vibes from some ...

Our four non-Western music ensembles—open to both music majors and non-music majors—explore West African Highlife, Japanese, Gamelan and Latin American traditions. Each ensemble presents one public ...

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — PIX11 News is honoring Black history by examining traditional dance workshops in greater detail. PIX11 ...