A Toledo musician has opened a museum to preserve the history of sacred steel, an African American gospel tradition built ...

Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience for the last time. Last ...

A percussion instrument created in Trinidad and Tobago in 1939 is experiencing a revival as a new generation embraces its ...

Christian Metzler, a native of Austria, came to St. John’s campus in Collegeville, Minn., last year to carry on the tradition ...

A new musical instrument drive aims to provide local kids with the gift of music while encouraging early spring cleaning.

Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of ...

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

Eye blinks are an interesting behavioral phenomenon that lies somewhere between the voluntary and involuntary realms. For example, we can certainly blink on purpose (e.g., sending messages in Morse ...

Ismail Mohamed-Jan – better known by South African jazz fans as Pops Mohamed – has passed away at the age of 75. His life in music represented a struggle against narrow, oppressive definitions – of ...