The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter ...

What started as an audience listening to the history of African influence on Caribbean percussion ended as a band playing ...

Todaro's Music is not your average mom-and-pop music instrument shop ... "I work with other importers who work with the ...

O n the second-to-last day of her first New York Fashion Week, the young singer Alemeda is dodging bees on the rooftop of a hotel in the Flatiron District while we try to talk about some very big ...

Led by the Dhol of Johnny Kalsi and N’Faly Kouyate’s dextrous Kora, the ever fluid Afro Celt Sound System are a whirling, bouncing, bubbling delight. There’s so much going on that it’s a bit like ...

GRACE has several meanings, but theologically, it could be described as the free, undeserved or unmerited favour from the Almighty God.

Five months ago, Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar released a new album called Funeral for Justice, a furious, frenetic fusion of psychedelia, hard rock, and West African desert blues that left critics ...

Blessing Chimanga wanted to set himself apart. The South African musician, born in Zimbabwe and currently working at Kutandara Studio in Boulder, wanted to find a unique way he’d be identified by ...

Chicago Tap Theatre will bring its eight-person company and a jazz quartet to Louisa Performing Arts Center at Colorado ...

The music of your youth stays with you throughout your lifetime,” says guitar legend Steve Stevens. “I think it’s because the ...

Inspired by his late father, the Puerto Rican musician explores his Dominican roots on an album the New York Times selected as one of the best of 2023.

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...