Long a collectors’ holy grail, this searching, atmospheric soundtrack recorded for Chicago’s Adler Planetarium in 1993 mixes spiritual jazz with avant-garde pan-Africanism.

When Jude Nnam wrote his first Mass in 1992, it was under the subconscious influence of a boyhood experience. In the mid-1970s, Nnam and two friends visited an Assemblies of God church in Enugu, the ...

In 1956, Johan K. Louw, a missionary of the Dutch Reformed Mission School at Dowa in the then British African colony of Nyasaland (now Malawi), expressed one wish: to see his African flock praising ...

African artists are having a moment on the global stage. And Tems? Baby… she is undeniably leading that charge. The British-Nigerian artist has spent the last few years racking up (and I truly mean ...

There are three things Amaarae can’t tour without — and no, it isn’t coke, ketamine and molly, despite what her song “Starkilla” suggests. Think more along the lines of a sauna, daily stretch routine ...

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 ...

Step back into the late ’80s as one of Hollywood’s most cherished love stories, Pretty Woman: The Musical comes to life for the first time in South Africa in 2026, making its debut at Artscape, Cape ...

In what would have been B.B. King’s 100 th birthday month, CU Boulder music scholar Shawn O’Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025 B.B. King was born to ...

When properly designed and supported by policy, classification systems serve as the foundation for decisions that move individuals successfully through the correctional system. Valid criteria ensure ...

From UFO sounds to Celtic drones, sitar twangs to Tex-Mex accordion, country music occasionally loved to get a little weird. Fiddles and steel guitars may define the genre’s twang, but every so often, ...

The South African State Theatre will present Music in the Air – The Musical, a new production written and directed by Joel Zuma, running September 12–28, 2025. The musical pays tribute to the music ...