Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience. Last month in London, ...

In end-of-year interview, Badr Abdelatty urged shared responsibility for refugees and explained cautious approach to Syria's ...

Way 89 Entertainment is positioning Canada as a launchpad for the next generation of African and diaspora artists. CNN’s Larry Madowo follows Nigerian music executives Ikenna Nwagboso and Camillo ...

Authorities in China’s Xinjiang region are threatening detention over downloading, sharing or listening to a wide range of ...

Rolling Stone ranks the best Afropop songs of the year featuring Adekunle Gold, Rema, Moily, Theodora, Tyla, Davido, Bien, ...

Christmas has always made me nostalgic, but I have come to realize, with something of a jolt— perhaps because I just turned 65—that my sense of nostalgia is not what it used to be. When I was younger, ...

After all her previous love stories, 2025 will always be remembered as the year Taylor Swift got engaged. This song, from her latest album The Life of a Showgirl, reimagines Shakespeare's tragic ...

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

Guest host Robin Hilton joins Tiny Desk Radio host Anamaria Sayre to feature beautiful, sad songs by indie supergroup boygenius, plus a stripped down performance from the quirky singer-songwriter ...

Christmas music is a sacred holiday tradition and these songs defile that tradition by being so incredibly bad.