Muneera Sallies’ drama follows a young man who tries to unite his fractured community by restoring a blues Christmas choir band. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief South Africa’s National Film ...

Award-winning Broadway director and choreographer Jeffrey Page is taking his talents to Africa! Page has described the short film Blues People as a documentary showcasing Malian artists’ vibrant ...

Etran de L’Aïr (“stars of the Aïr region”) are a four-piece rock band from Agadez, Niger, a West African city that has an estimated population approximately the size of Santa Fe County, situated in a ...

South African has chosen Muneera Sallies’s drama Old Righteous Blues to represent it in the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards, the country’s National Film and Video ...

The mainstream pop world still may not be aware of it but, over the last four decades, there has been a distinctive brand of guitar-driven, blues and rock-flavored music wafting in from northwestern ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Mohamed Yousuf proudly displays a wooden plaque that celebrates how his business, Horn of Africa, has been a staple at the Portland Saturday Market for 30 years. “I am very ...

A documentary about Canton rap and hip-hop artist Jéan P the MC will premiere on YouTube on July 14. The documentary is titled, "A Rhyme and A Dream: The Jéan P the MC Story." Jéan P the MC will be ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Taj Mahal Quintet and Sona Jobarteh at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 in Campbell Hall. Blues legend Taj Mahal will bring his voice and virtuosic multi-instrumentalism to this ...

John F. Kennedy, the man and the myth -- JFK says I've got to go -- Twistin' out in space -- The welfare turns its back on you -- March on, Dr. Martin Luther King -- The day the world stood still ...