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 ...

Apr. 18—Etran de L'Aïr ("stars of the Aïr region") are a four-piece rock band from Agadez, Niger, a West African city that has an estimated population approximately the size of Santa Fe County, ...

The 13th annual Eastside Kings Festival is set for this weekend. More than 20 bands and artists will play across five venues in historic East Austin on Saturday and Sunday.

Music has shaped cultures and communities throughout the world and has been passed down through generations to keep histories alive. It can amplify one’s attitudes and motivate change, which makes it ...

Saloon-theaters and park pavilions : the birth of southern vaudeville, 1899-1909 -- The death of J. Ed Green and the birth of State Street vaudeville -- The life, death, and untold legacy of Bluesman ...

Charles Steadham is no stranger to blues music. He has been playing the blues for years, performing in venues across the South. Not once was he afraid to play onstage in front of a crowd or even to ...

The soul-shattering abuses suffered by enslaved Africans, who were forcibly stripped of their languages, religions and other key aspects of their culture, were fortunately no match for their ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Mohamed Yousuf proudly displays a wooden plaque that celebrates how his business, Horn of Africa, has been a staple at the Portland Saturday Market for 30 years. “I am very ...

As Led Zeppelin's prancing golden-haired lead singer, Robert Plant symbolized the era of white-man's blues starting in the late 1960s. In the 25 years since the band broke up, Plant has continued to ...

Vanderbilt University's Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have recently acquired the personal collection of Grammy-winning folk artist, cultural historian and multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons. As ...

New River Blues Society logo. (Copyright 2025 by New River Blues Society - All rights reserved.) Portraits of the Blues is an art exhibit that is being held from Feb ...

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 ...