Walking north on Brush Street, passing Ford Field and Comerica Park, you don't really hear the funky Afrobeats signature beats, as much as you feel it, in your chest and throughout your body. Then, ...

The Afro Nation Festival, touted as the world’s largest Afro-Beats festival, is set to take place this weekend at the Brewster-Douglas site across from Comerica Park. This major event marks the ...

The rhythmic beats of the cajon, voices of Northwestern’s Latin Music Ensemble, stomping of feet and laughter of dancers ...

This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. Students form a circle in the middle of the room, as loud, pounding music plays ...

Editor's Note: This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities and their impact on our region. The series builds on The Star ...

It wasn't on purpose that Iris Rosa Santiago opened up a studio offering African diaspora dance genres in the historic Kennedy-King Neighborhood, but it's befitting of her journey. The Iris Rose Dance ...

Known for his signature Afro-house sound that lit up stages at Tomorrowland ... From hypnotic grooves and soaring drops to deeply emotional vocal cuts made the crowd dance to his beat. At one point, ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...