Mar. 24—Guitarist and singer-songwriter Jonathan Butler, the South African recording artist who has been inspiring audiences since his international breakthrough in the mid-1980s, will be performing ...

As anticipation mounts for the first-ever Jazzin’ Africa Festival, all eyes turn to the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, where on October 25 an extraordinary lineup of jazz musicians will share ...

The single, "African Heartbeat' released by Mark Haskins in February of 2018 is an unorthodox composition. The varying rhythmic patterns and pulsating bass lines capture the very essence of Africa.

Sheer Sound's new African Guitar Kings compilation features mostly original tunes by some of the most promising South African guitarists working today. From the opening African singing on the first ...

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...

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What do you do in a country racked by racial strife and division to try to help make things better? That’s the question that Darius and Catherine Brubeck faced in her native South Africa in the midst ...

The demonstration comes weeks after the most recent “No Kings” protests across the country Oct. 18 and days before the ...