The award-winning Cape Town Opera Chorus from South Africa staged Horizons, a concert of African choral music on Thursday at ...

making his name in the UK in the 1980s playing with fellow South African jazz exiles in Chris McGregor's legendary Brotherhood of Breath and, later, Dudu Pukwana's Zila. Hi-Life International ...

The influence of African music is widespread. Elements can be heard in blues, gospel, jazz and Latin American music due to the historic movement of African slaves to the Americas. Millions of ...

Gogwana’s album, Songbook Chapter One, ‘documents all the musical building blocks that have made me who I am and reflects the people I have met”.

“I think what appealed to Berklee was my knowledge of South African jazz. I was the only white guy in my school in South Africa, and I’d associated myself with hardcore jazz ...

Combined with the African rhythms, these musical styles were the foundation of blues. The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in ...

A scene from the semi-staged version of Porgy and Bess for the 27th Beijing Music Festival [Photo provided to ...

October 7, 2024 • Renowned soul and gospel singer Cissy Houston has died. She was part of a extraordinary musical family that included Dionne Warwick and her superstar daughter, Whitney Houston.

Established in 2004, Moshito is dedicated to fostering innovation, collaboration, and growth within the African music ...

World-renowned Monterey Jazz Festival, under a new director, brims over with varied goods, and a gospel tinge.

In the roaring twenties, the world buzzed with jazz rhythms and a spirit of liberation. It was an era when African American artists found their creative voices and sought new horizons beyond the ...

Veteran South African gospel artist Solomon Molokoane, popularly known as Solly Moholo, has died at the age of 65, his management has announced. The award-winning music icon had been in hospital ...