After decades of teaching Mexican dance across Wisconsin, Jesús Ávila is now a muralist exploring Black and brown contributions to American culture.

The 41st MOJA Arts Festival returns to Charleston with a Gullah music concert at Dock Street Theater and a Step Afrika! dance ...

However, when it comes down to it, Pittsburgh remains a vital part of the jazz scene. Guitarist John Shannon, who also serves ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites American ...

An Oakland woman has brought the joy of dance and an appreciation for African American culture to performers and audiences for 52 years. Artistic director Deborah Vaughan crafts diverse performances ...

Four years ago, Debora Wondercheck was trying to process scenes of civil unrest in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor taking place nationally and in Orange County, when she ...

Trail rides are socialized horseback processionals traveling to a designated location. In Black Southern culture, it is a party atmosphere with food and dancing, including niche music genres like ...

The MOJA Arts Festival is returning to Charleston this month, promising cant-miss performances and events across ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) -As temperatures rise this summer, we’re turning up the volume on a different kind of heat — the cultural impact of Black music. June is African American Music ...

“Bomba is not only a genre, it's kind of a lifestyle," one dancer said. As the nation commemorates Black History Month, Afro-Puerto Ricans are using their traditional dance and music -- Bomba -- to ...

Celebrations across Nashville marked Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people. Gary Burke looked on proudly in his Civil War-era U.S. Colored Troops uniform as ...

This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...