Béla Fleck turns 68 today. The Grammy-winning virtuoso, called 'The World's Best Banjoist,' has spent decades pushing the ...

Unrelenting summer heat signals that it’s time to anticipate Montreal’s Nuits d’Afrique Festival, hosting its 40th edition from July 7 to 19 this year. With more than 30 countries and over 700 artists ...

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Gambia is known as the smiling coast of Africa and Suntou Susso has promised to bathe this month’s Seek Out music and arts festival in glorious musical sunshine.

Experts have unlocked secrets hidden for two hundred years in a beautiful navigational chart made for 18th century seafarers negotiating the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The paper scroll is evidence ...

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, a stirring programme culminated with Leon Bosch’s double bass sounding a fragile note of hope ...

South Africa's World Cup survival is on the line against South Korea in Thursday morning's Group A finale in Monterrey, and Hugo Broos's side know that only a win will keep their last-32 hopes alive.

Musician Rhiannon Giddens is a modern-day Renaissance woman who trained as an opera singer before veering into folk music. She's an award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist. But she is first ...

Michael Prince Johnson’s latest album blends Afro-House with traditional African instruments, telling a powerful story of Africa as the origin of knowledge, rhythm, and culture. Breaking Boundaries ...

The First Recording of Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" Chris Ware and Scott Yoo discuss the first recording of "The Entertainer." I mean, the thing about Scott, he's really bringing in different ...

A musical instrument created in Guelph, Ont., has been thrust onto the international stage — or rather, screen. The instrument called Fron2 is featured heavily on the soundtrack for a Chinese art ...

“God gave church people a lot of patience to deal with beginning musicians,” says Robert Randolph in String Episode 340, as he reflects (with no small amount of wonder) on his tutelage on one of the ...