One of the percussionists begins to beat on a tall instrument that ... “This is why the Congo will stay poor. I deeply detest all this noise, this music. You can’t think about the future ...

As late as 1843, a weekly gathering in New Orleans' Place Congo drew hundreds ... jaw rattles — instruments popular with African American players. In turn, white music influenced the ...

Bone harpoon points, found nowhere else before 45,000 years ago, have been uncovered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in sediments ... are the oldest known musical instruments in the ...

Though jazz and classic blues are really early twentieth-century black music innovations ... the shadow of Congo Square. In what is probably his most famous composition, Gottschalk sketches for us an ...

Nicknamed "Pappy Grove", Manu Dibango was a musical innovator whose work over ... most of all was to marshal the voices into a human instrument that sounded right and true," he said.

A passionate and propulsive documentary about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba spins its web in many directions.

Ghosting is the name of this piece by Congolese artist Sandra Mujinga, on display at the new Museum of Modern Art in Poland ...

Historically rooted in Montreal’s rich jazz culture, jams are inherently democratic, offering live, improvisational ...

The Central Ohio Symphony opened its 46th season on Oct. 12 with an exciting program featuring the Dalí Quartet, lots of ...

Opening at Film Forum on Nov. 1, director Johan Grimonprez’s documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat” is a stunning achievement.

The story, which takes place in chaotic 2005 Yemen, will be accompanied by music from the Oakland musician known as "Rebbe ...

“Take Your Mask Off” is the turning point of “CHROMAKOPIA.” On the track, which features Daniel Caesar, Tyler addresses a gay ...