Violinist Zoe Aqua and the string band the Ebony Hillbillies will share a stage on Thursday at Gowanus club Littlefield. (New York Jewish Week) – Two folk music traditions that developed on opposite ...

Ghanaian master musician Atongo Zimba is coming to Castlemaine, offering a rare chance for locals to experience the energy of African folk music in an intimate setting. Atongo is known as one of the ...

For John and Pam Finley, African art, specifically from West Africa, captured their imagination because of the objects’ cultural significance and aesthetic beauty. For example, many were created to ...

For its first Kwanzaa celebration, the International African American Museum is retelling traditional West African folk tales to explore the seven values of Kwanzaa. "Oftentimes within African folk ...

Introduction: Griots of piedmont North Carolina and portrait of songster Will Baldwin -- Signifying at the crossroads : African-American traditions of the folk banjo -- The ritual of minstrelsy : some ...