But Fela Kuti will be the first African to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, albeit posthumously. The award was first presented in 1963 to American singer and actor Bing Crosby.

It is a truth universally acknowledged among musicians that an unattached bass player in possession of considerable talent ...

This is news coverage of Music Ally Connect 2026 – our international music business conference that is taking place 22–23 January 2026 in London. While Music Ally Connect 2026 had […] ...

Live Music Lab is a funded training- and work-based programme for unemployed youth eyeing practical careers in the live music industry.

PBS series examines the complex history of Black and Jewish alliances, their divisions, and need for unity against white nationalism.

Burna Boy reveals he and the late AKA settled their years-long feud privately before the rapper's passing. Explore their full ...

Long regarded as the continent's living archive of history, identity and collective memory, African music is now at the ...

His legendary jazz fused American style and Cuban rhythms with East Africa's pentatonic scales. Now, at age 82, Mulatu ...

Africa's soccer body issued fines worth more than $1 million and banned Senegal's coach and Senegalese and Morocco players ...

Marmozets have announced their first new album since 2018, CO.WAR.DICE., and shared a new single, New York, which they say was a catalyst for their comeback.

Colour of Music Festival, a Black classical music organization founded in Charleston, will present 7 concerts Feb. 4-7 at five venues in the downtown area.

The 2026 ZORA!® Festival returns to Central Florida Jan. 30 and Feb. 1, honoring the legacy of literary icon Zora Neale ...