In this era of short attentions spans, STEM classes being favored over the arts, and an ever increasing digital landscape, music instruction has become more important than ever. Not only does learning ...

The annual Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration at the African American Museum in Philadelphia is always a packed event with throngs of adults and children waiting patiently to see a full program of ...

West African music is being celebrated in the North Shore with a show celebrating the works of a Vancouver-based musician and professor. Kofi Gbolonyo, a professor of African studies and ...

Abasi "Manblack" Hanif is a teacher, artist, percussionist, and founder of ‘Livin The Rhythm' event. Hanif teamed up with chef and entrepreneur Rahein Jones. Jones' The New Vegan businesses acquired ...

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 ...

Tuviel Levi, music producer and owner of Interplay Recording and Multimedia studio in Boulder, has a long-term relationship with African drum music and reggae. When he was growing up in Brooklyn, New ...

FLINT, MI — Since the age of five, Kevin “Baba” Collins has had some sort of instrument in his hands and had a hunger for learning about his culture and its history. “I’ve been studying music ever ...