Nota Baloyi has urged South African artists to stop performing in Zimbabwe following the recent wave of concert cancellations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American recording artist, singer and musician Little Richard performing live, UK, 27th June 1975. (Photo by Angela Deane-Drummond ...

Once considered niche, African genres like Afrobeats and Amapiano have taken over global playlists. What’s exciting is that this movement isn’t being led by men alone. A new wave of women are not just ...

This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk celebrates the undeniable legacy of BET. Like the network that put Black artistry first, ...

Behind Clive Davis's roster of hitmakers is a larger story about who financed, distributed, and profited from Black music ...

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 ...

For the first time, African music will have its own category at the Grammys. The Recording Academy will showcase three new categories for this year’s awards, including “Best African Music Performance” ...

Country is a broad musical category that includes elements of folk, bluegrass and blues. Love it or hate it, the genre is about as quintessentially American as apple pie. Though white men in cowboy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. I have compiled a subjective, non-exhaustive list of 50 Black ...