If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.

Bay Area drum guru Michael Spiro hosts three rare Triangle workshops this month in Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian rhythms. Leading off the sessions on Thursday, Jan. 9, is a beginner/intermediate class ...

Every now and again an artist releases an album that is so striking, so stellar, that it cements their legacy forever, not in a way that the artist can never grow beyond the album's greatness, but in ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...