Christmas in Ghana has always been defined by music, and as culture and technology evolve, so does the sound of the season.

In Ghana, the '70s was a time of political repression, high inflation, and funky pop music. Among the musicians working the clubs in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, was a young British emigre named John ...

Nigerian musician and songwriter David Adedeji Adeleke, better known by his stage as Davido, announced to his followers on Twitter that he had surpassed artists such as Burna Boy, Wizkid, Rema, and ...

8 musicians. One goal. To increase the positive energy in the world by making people dance! London Afrobeat Collective are a tight-knit family of musicians from around the world, living in London and ...

Marvel’s Black Panther is once again roaring in multiplexes with “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” opening Friday, and there will be much internet ink spilled over what life must be like in the ...

They are a part of the buzzing "Jazz Jams" scene in London, where musicians improvise with rappers, singers and electronic music producers on drum machines or music samplers. Blue Lab Beats, the duo ...

With the Nigerian bandleader Fela and later on his own, he merged West African styles with American jazz and funk, reaching listeners worldwide. By Jon Pareles Tony Allen, the drummer who created the ...

Le sorcier du rythme as Tony Allen came to be known in Paris, died aged 79 after suffering an aortic aneurysm at Georges Pompidou European hospital in the French capital on 30 April. It is getting ...

Governor Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that his administration would be reviving the erstwhile drum festival by hosting the ...

The Bokoor Band drew on Ghana's sunny "highlife" style, funky Afrobeat from neighboring Nigeria, and even the Latin-tinged soukous sound shimmying out of the Congo. In Ghana, the '70s was a time of ...