On Jan 2, founder and co-owner of Bangkok's legendary club Studio Lam -- DJ Maft Sai (Nattapon Siangsukon) -- announced the ...

Azernews reports that the Adwa Victory Museum is a memorial complex dedicated to the historic victory over Italian occupying ...

By Molla Mitiku Every January, as sacred waters are prepared and ancient hymns rise before dawn, Timket (Ethiopian Epiphany) ...

His legendary jazz fused American style and Cuban rhythms with East Africa’s pentatonic scales. Now, at age 82, Mulatu ...

The October issue of Selamta, Ethiopian Airlines’ inflight magazine, featured an exclusive interview with Mulatu Astatke, the ...

Folk music, above all else, aims to change the world. With every lyric, chord strum, and recording, the genre is attempting to shift the minds and perspectives of its audience. Folk music wants to ...

The opening track – “Ālibek’agnimi” (“አልበቃኝም” in its original title) – is a cool, close-to six-minute soul instrumental on ...

Memphis neo-soul artist Talibah Safiya found her muse shifting, a change inspired by her work hosting a local dance party ...

Folk songs from Mexico and Venezuela feature this week on En Casa, along with a spiritual guitar instrumental from Argentina.

1968 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer 1521 – The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May ...

After a tour of Armenia, the release of three singles — including “Artsakh Aghves,” featuring multi-instrumentalist Mal ...

The Virginia Folk Music Association, Inc.was formed by Uncle Ed Silverman in 1947 to promote and preserve country music. A group of music lovers, then known as "Hillbillies" formed this independent ...