A rat-a-tat percussion and keyboard riff, and Youssou N'Dour's voice tore through the dark Dakar sky, as the world music ...

The fourth installment of Billboard Japan’s series exploring the trends and characteristics of MAJ will focus on the Best ...

His 1994 hit "Seven Seconds" with Neneh Cherry shot up the charts across the world ... album would "restore prestige" to world music. Along with the rhythm of the djembe -- a traditional drum ...

His 1994 hit “Seven Seconds” with Neneh Cherry shot up the charts across the world ... He hoped his latest album would “restore prestige” to world music. Along with the rhythm of the djembe — a ...

R&B legend Chris Jasper died on Feb. 24. He was 73. His family announced the news on his Facebook, noting that he was ...

Lil Wayne with The Roots, Taj Mahal, Zar Electirk, Video Age and more musicians and bands to see the first Saturday at Jazz ...

For vide games, the mid-90s was an era that had a lot of visual creativity that came about by embracing technical limitations ...

“Every one of those musicians had a real sense of rhythm,” he says. “They seemed to share a common rhythmic thread that worked and blended with all kinds of music, from pop, rock, R&B and ...

How Japanese ingenuity transformed Western music from within. Tina Weymouth and David Byrne of Talking Heads, performing in ...

The Uptown Rhythm Festival will mix styles, including tap, swing and flamenco, that are flourishing despite problems of rehearsal and performance space.

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT LATIN RHYTHM SONGS, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED ... Last week Weeks at no. 1 Weeks on chart B.A.Martinez Ocasio, R.Rosardo ...