What sort of imagery does the word punk inspire? Spiky, colorful hair, studs and anarchy signs; hordes of people crammed into mosh pits, jumping and pushing their sweaty selves against each other in ...

Tyla makes waves as she achieves a historic milestone as the first solo African artist to reach one billion streams on ...

Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe aka Ayra Starr has made history as the first woman in 16 years to win Best African Music Act at ...

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s Seraphina “Fin” Rose Elizabeth Affleck debuted a new hairstyle while exploring wildlife with her A-lister dad in Long Beach, California. Fin, 16, rocked mini pigtails ...

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It’s hard for people from [America] to know what is going on around Africa. The media never allow you to see the reality, honestly. And that is a big problem," Moctar says.

Characterized by soaring guitar tones and recursive riffs, Evan Lo's music has become the essential soundtrack for a corner ...

West African guitar music has its own characteristic sound but Loueke takes it one step further, often adding vocals, so the result as heard on, say, Essaouira is folky and on Yaoundé there’s almost a ...

The nominations reflect Afrobeats’ rise and African music’s global impact. Sub-Saharan Africa’s music industry is the fastest-growing worldwide, with revenue up over 20% in 2023 alone. The industry ...

But the South African Music Awards’ (Sama) category, the Rest of Africa Award, which recognises and celebrates artists from outside the country, in a small way remedies these tensions.

When it comes to guitar in modern music, Dweezil Zappa says the guitar riff has lost its place as the hook of the song, or even part of the song at all.It’s no secret that the electric guitar has ...