In the days before the web shrank the world, hearing traditional music made in a distant country meant getting on a plane and going there yourself. Rewarding, but expensive. Plan B involved checking ...

Adekunle Gold, a Nigerian artist, is scheduled to co-produce a documentary that honours Yoruba music. The documentary The Odyssey delves into a century of Yoruba music, tracing its roots from its ...

In just three short years, Nigerian street-pop savant Asake has become a giant in African music, meeting Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy in a place it took them three times that span to reach. What’s ...

In an ambitious effort to chart the lineage of Yoruba and Afrobeats music over the past century and its global influence, Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold has co-produced a forthcoming documentary ...

What do Sesame Street, Patti LaBelle and the West African Yoruba religion have in common? Well, they’re all part of legendary DJ-producer and Yoruba Records chief Osunlade’s fascinating story. Back in ...

The documentary, titled “The Odyssey”, will trace the history and evolution of different subcultures within the music, including Were, Sakara, Apala, Juju, AfroJuju, and Fuji, among many others. The ...

Mark Underwood arrived in Puerto Rico from Texas in the late 90s and quickly became a fixture in the local music as a DJ and producer under the moniker DJ Nature. As an African-American living in the ...

The popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, also known as Kwam 1, has called for concerted action to save the Yoruba Music genre from going extinct. The 61-year-old Fuji music icon aired his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adekunle Gold (center) with the filmmakers behind 'The Odyssey' (L-R): director Abba T. Makama, executive producer Bobo Omotayo, ...

White House Productions announced a groundbreaking partnership on Thursday: Nigerian music star and songwriter Adekunle Gold will co-produce a documentary that showcases the last century of Yoruba ...