June 7 and 8 will bring more than 65,000 celebrants to Detroit’s Hart Plaza for Motor City Pride, the state’s single largest ...

Since 1984, Necto has hosted inclusive Pride nights on Fridays open to everyone ages 18 and older. The Maestro DJ and DJ ...

Penultimate week was a week like no other in the ancient town of Itoko, Abeokuta as lovers of Yoruba culture and Apala music ...

George E. Johnson built Afro Sheen, backed Soul Train, and launched the first Black-owned company on the American Stock Exchange. His memoir is a blueprint.

Well, not before they make ecstatic music together in a terrific number called “Boom Boom,” in which the call-and-response ...

In this hour, an interview with composer, arranger, and educator Omar Thomas. He and his Large Ensemble released Griot Songs on Omar Thomas Music. Also, selections from new releases by flutist Laura ...

"In the olden days it was like the king having his advisers or counsellors around him. That was the role of the griot." Today, music is one of Mali's best known exports with many griots, like Salif ...

My soul is still soaring from the gift I received at the Public Theater by experiencing “ Goddess .” This new musical is a gift from the gods that will make your spirit and heart ascend to the heavens ...

“Naná, a Griot Around the World,” (“Naná ... winner who connected the sound of Afro-Brazilian roots to global music. In development, written and to be directed by Patricia Palumbo and ...