A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by ...

Africa’s premier jazz event, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, returns in 2025 with a bold, expanded vision, offering three full ...

Riley Baugus, who will be recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award, will perform on Saturday night with African musician ...

Omar Thomas is a large ensemble composer who’s had work commissioned by Eastman New Jazz Ensemble, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. His newest album, “Griot Songs,” ...

If you make your way to Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens in Mount Pleasant, you can find a unique presentation titled “Exploring the Gullah Culture.” ...

The acclaimed writer-director and ‘Sinners’ choreographer Aakomon Jones looked beyond vampires and the blues to make the most powerful film of the year. Here’s how ...

Ryan Coogler, director of the “Black Panther” franchise released “Sinners”, a vampire musical-horror film set in 1930s Mississippi. The film follows the “Smokestack Twins,” Elijah “Smoke” Moore and ...

All you need do is get to Kings Place over this weekend for a festival of world music that encompasses Mali in West Africa, with Rokia Kone from the ... and the songs she sings tonight include ancient ...

To make the music feel authentic to the time ... The scene includes an African Griot playing a forerunner to the banjo, a ’70s guitarist with a Jimi Hendrix influence [legendary blues guitarist ...