By Carina del Valle Schorske Ran-kan-kan: Long before I could name the source of my excitement, my body responded to the strident signature of Latin ... instruments that spread through West Africa ...

Bradley Simmons, instructor of West African percussion at Duke University for nearly three decades, died at 72 on May 22.

Accompanying them were the deep, resonant tones of African drums, the rhythmic shake of ensaasi (traditional shakers), and ...

From the St. John to St. Matthew Passion, contemporary arrangements of Bach masterpieces at the Leipzig Bach Festival speak to oppression and conflict.

Cheng is part of an unprecedented boom in Berkeley’s music department: As of fall 2024, she was one of nearly 200 Berkeley ...

Shaboozey seemed caught off guard when Megan Moroney said the Carter Family "basically invented country music." It's not that simple.

As the drummer for the legacy band Big Brother and the Holding Company, Dave Getz played on one of the greatest rock albums ...

Arabic popular music produced several divas in the 20th century, with each blessed with a powerful distinctive voice. Some of ...

The String Cheese Incident (SCI) is an American jam band from Colorado, formed in 1993. Their music has elements of bluegrass ...