Moving to the beat of a drum ensemble, Robin Getter sways and flows in traditional African dances with her dance troupe every Tuesday at Our Lady of the Lake University's International Folk Culture ...

June 5th at The Orange Peel, doors at 6 p.m./show at 7 p.m. $12 in advance/$15 day of Featuring: Zansa, Barakissa Coulibaly, Lisa Zahiya, Mande Foly, African Drum & Dance Troupes, West African Dinner, ...

Remember that massive, sexual-spiritual rave from The Matrix Reloaded? That’s among the more prominent visions crowding my mind’s eye when I hear Gang Gang Dance’s latest album, Saint Dymphna. The ...

African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

The Thiossane West African Dance Institute is bringing the sights, sounds and motion of West Africa to Ohio State this week. The Thursday, Friday and Sunday performances in Sullivant Hall will be ...

The academy also announced the best alternative jazz album award and is allowing all Grammy voters, who have limitations in the number of categories they can vote in, to put their bids in for ...

Editor's note: Meet Me at the Gym is an occasional Tuesday column about Southwest Florida group exercise classes. Wellness reporter Shelby Reynolds finds the newest workout crazes, unique locations ...

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...