The annual Congo Square Rhythms Festival is returning this year, bringing some of the African cultural traditions practiced in the 19th century to 21st century New Orleans.

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Growing up near Sao Paulo, Mariana Da Cruz knew there was more to Brazilian music than just singing Bossa Nova tunes. She wanted to branch out and combine numerous other styles like hip-hop and ...

The 1965 album recorded in Cuba, entitled Las Maravillas de Mali, is a gem of its time, a showcase for Maïga’s early ...

There is a Guinness World Record for everything these days and it’s been announced that a new one has been broken for the Largest Orchestra for an Afrobeats Concert.

When 9-year-old Yuvi Agarwal practiced piano, he noticed it instantly calmed his energetic goldendoodle puppy. Intrigued, he began playing music for anxious shelter animals, a move that would end up ...

After a chilly start to the work week, that warmer spring-like air is moving back into the area just in time for the official start of spring. With 19 states wanting to make Daylight Saving Time ...

Most safari brochures highlight lions mid-roar and crocodiles lurking at riverbanks. Meanwhile, the animal responsible for more human deaths in Africa than any other large land mammal often looks half ...

This article is part of the ERC Artsoundscapes project (Grant Agreement No. 787842) that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research ...

When four sub-adult cheetahs arrived at Kuzuko Private Game Reserve, South Africa, in 2023, there were high hopes that the female among them would breed. There was just one snag: it turned out that ...