Miriam Makeba, 76, a revered South African folk singer and activist who was among the first female African singers to achieve international success, and who became a powerful voice in the ...
DECATUR — Johns Hill Music Makers learn fast. In one class period Friday, choral director Heather Pistorius taught the sixth-grade choir a traditional South African folk song, “Lilizela,” complete ...
The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Brazil's Gilberto Gil showcased joyful African-inspired music despite being tinged with themes of poverty, slavery and painful reconciliation at the Montreux Jazz ...