The band's name means "it's good to come together" in Mandinka. Their lineup includes three West African musicians and three ...

Amid Black History Month celebrations in February, some local musicians say they are finding more opportunities at various ...

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...

Foday Musa Suso, a musician from the West African country of Gambia, will be featured during the Lower Columbia College Symphonic Band concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24 in the LCC Wollenberg Auditorium.

A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by reverence for tradition. By Giovanni Russonello Foday Musa Suso, a griot, ...

Grammy-nominated Cuban musician Cimafunk is bringing his Afro-Cuban rhythms and Black American funk energy to West Palm Beach this Friday. Dubbed the James Brown of Cuba, Cimafunk — who has jammed ...