Afrobeat is a music genre that originated in Nigeria in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and blends West African musical styles such as Highlife, Funk, and Traditional Yoruba music.

I must admit that Middle Eastern music is mostly unknown to me. However, in this global culture, we live in -everything reaches your 'shores'..

The story of how a Facebook notification became an extraordinary musical experience - 'The Cuban Jazz Report'

X Alfonso has been one of the leading voices in Cuban music and culture for the last 20 Years. His new music is aiming for a change...

House Music has been associated with American and European clubbing scenes, today it has a new home... in South Africa

Taking a look at the history of the Blues with a gender lens -who is out there playing the Blues of today?

She is the first woman from a griot family to be regarded as a Kora virtuoso, and that's just the beginning..

Regardless of the rock scene attraction to the concept album format, other genres were creating their versions, too. Then the first concept album in Latin Music was born..

Roberto Carcassés and Carlos Sarduy got together to play a series of summer concerts in Barcelona, I had the privilege to witness some of their rehearsals..-an article by Fernando Florit

Roy Hargrove was a versatile musician, whose tireless musical explorations made him unique. That attitude took him to create the album 'Habana'.