It's part of a $35 million commitment to jazz from the Mellon Foundation. The foundation plans to donate to the Pittsburgh ...

The first time I went to a mostly African American church service, I was blown away by the music. One word came to mind – Motown. I felt the same beat, the same spirit of listening to groups and ...

A Feb. 6 concert held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, honored the life and contributions to rock 'n' roll of famed Native guitarist ...

We spoke to Robert Randolph, The Teskey brothers, Taj Farrant and , Kanchan Daniel, about the past and future of blues.

Koyo Kouoh, who will curate the 2026 Venice Biennale, has assembled a huge survey at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in ...

Northern Michigan’s Third Coast Swing makes its performance debut at the 2025 Jammie Awards honoring the best releases by ...

The WSWS recently spoke to master musician Charles McPherson about the relationship between music, art and society.

Coming from a family of musicians and entertainers, the young Shaw began singing in churches during her childhood and moved on to performing in local clubs by her preteens. Coming of age during the ...

At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards 2025, Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, known as Tems, secured her second Grammy, winning Best African Music Performance for her song Love Me JeJe. In a heartfelt ...

In particular, global sounds and African music often floated into play as one of Byrne’s true musical loves. “About a month or so ago, I went down a rabbit hole of contemporary African music,” Byrne ...

Tony Poole dives into the latest Afro-Cuban, Latin, and Brazilian jazz ... the music they call jazz. Playlist madoron “Samba de Flora" from A Door (Urban Discos) Salin Cheewapansri “Lam Intro" from ...