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Voyageur, the new album from the legendary African guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, is out March 10 on World Circuit Records. In anticipation of the forthcoming record World Circuit is debuting ...

Middletown >> The 42nd annual Crowell Concert Series, presented by Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts and Music Department, continues with a concert by South African guitarist Derek Gripper on ...

TRANSCENDENCE: No one lifts audiences into the ether quite like an African guitarist. On Jan. 10, Mdou Moctar, a guitar god from Niger, will bring his hypnotic sound to The Ramkat for what is expected ...

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 ...

The single, "African Heartbeat' released by Mark Haskins in February of 2018 is an unorthodox composition. The varying rhythmic patterns and pulsating bass lines capture the very essence of Africa.

Award-winning jazz guitarist Louis Mhlanga has always let music take center stage. For the 67-year-old award-winning Zimbabwean, music has been the sole focus of his life. “I did nothing else except ...

Offers a rare view into the rich textures of African fingerstyle guitar music. It was recorded by the famous cultural anthropologist Gerhard Kubik between 1966 and 1993. These are audio-visual field ...

It's a truism that drums are the heart and soul of African music. But not so fast: Over the past century, guitarists have redefined the sound of the continent. Two new releases, by Zimbabwean ...