According to Spotify, amapiano featured in more than 855 million streams recorded in 2024 alone, making the genre a powerful ...

Bulawayo’s own rapper, Nkanyiso Moyo, famously known as Guluva Se7en, continues to bring pride to the city as his celebrated track City of Kings has been chosen as the official theme song for this ...

IVAN Mazuze is an acclaimed saxophonist whose latest offering, Penuka, exposes the depth of global influence and exchange of African culture through music.The connections that Africa has to the rest ...

“We’re very popular, not only in music ... and a world that finally seems to be waking up to the so-called Giant of Africa. Speaking to AFP ahead of the release of his new album ...

Amid the global boom of Afrobeats and Amapiano, one may easily forget a generation of musicians who put Africa ... as World Music. Three legendary African artistes have released new albums this ...

He won the Best Contemporary World Music Album Grammy for 2004’s Egypt, inspired by North African Islamic sounds and themes. An acclaimed 2007 documentary, Retour a Gorée (Return to Gorée ...

Youssou N'Dour is as grand a figure as African ... album after album of sensational music. He's also been inducted into the Afropop Hall of Fame. Of course! This spring, he releases Light the ...

The international superstar, who hails from the French-speaking West African nation of Benin ... a Grammy winner for Best World Music Album. Philip Glass wrote “Ife Songs,” three pieces ...

It’s three weeks earlier, in London, and Tyla—full name Tyla Laura Seethal—is earnestly attempting to make sense of her extraordinary blink-of-an-eye catapult to world domination.

Music lovers, listen up! South Africa ... album in 2025, Doechii seems poised to continue the momentum that made her a breakout star in 2024. When Summer Walker announces a new music release, the ...

the Cubans of African descent to escaped slavery from the 16th century on and established their own communities. Learning that history, he says, opened up his world and his path to music.