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 ...

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 ...

Award-winning jazz guitarist Louis Mhlanga has always let music take center stage. For the 67-year-old award-winning Zimbabwean, music has been the sole focus of his life. “I did nothing else except ...

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 ...

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Among the many musical masters living in New Orleans, Seguenon Kone stands apart. Unlike the jazz, brass and blues greats who were raised in and fed off the city's rich cultural landscape, Kone, an ...