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

New York City’s Symphony Space will host the 53rd annual Dance On Camera Festival, the longest-running dance film festival in ...

Music's elite are congregating in Los Angeles for Sunday's Grammy Awards, and Beyonce's name is on the tip of everyone's tongue ...

In a lively mix of art, music, and social conversations, the January edition of Griots and Bards took place on Thursday, ...

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 ...

This weekend, crafters like me can make their own paper lanterns to celebrate Lunar New Year at the Harvard Museum of Natural ...

Imani Perry’s essay collection “Black in Blues” threads together the cultures and lore of the Black diaspora into an insightful commentary.

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

Good morning. Sunny with a high of 34 today—time to break out my Birks! Low of 19 tonight. Caps are at Seattle at 10 PM, and the Wizards are at the Clippers at 10:30. You can find me on Bluesky, and ...

• Trump granted clemency for two former DC cops who were convicted in connection with an unauthorized car chase that led to the death of Karon Hylton-Brown in 2020. ( Washington Post) The President ...

We get the resistance to streaming. You're paying not to own music, just rent it. And physical media is so much better in so many ways – sound quality, tactility, artwork, a deeper connection with the ...