The African lute, called the ngoni, xalam, or kora depending on the region and culture, has a rich history dating back ...

When The Beatles' guitarist George Harrison called Ravi Shankar "the godfather of world music", he opened culture up to a ...

Highlighting Black talent is the central mission of the second annual We Black Folk Fest at Club Passim in Cambridge, a two-day festival in February honoring the West African griot tradition through ...

Hailed by Herbie Hancock as showing “great promise as a new voice in the further development of jazz in the future”, ...

Griot: A central figure in many West African cultures. Historically, the griot held many functions, including community historian, cultural critic, indigenous artist and collective spokesperson. The ...