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

Local music lovers are invited to an immersive multimedia experience presented by Niyaz. Iranian-born Azam Ali and Loga Torkian’s Fourth Light Project is an immersive, trance-inducing multimedia ...

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Sunny Adé‘s stage show was characterized by top musicianship, highlighted by his guitar mastery, and dexterous dancing.’ Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR (born 22 September 1946), known professionally as ...

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.

Willie Nelson is taking his Outlaw Music Festival on the road again, expanding the tour to celebrate the festival’s 10th anniversary. The country music legend has invited Bob Dylan once again to ...

Nigerian music star Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has clinched the Best African Music Performance award at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. Her hit track "Love Me JeJe" earned her the ...