In Lesotho, a style of traditional accordion music called Famo has become entangled with deadly gang rivalries. Once the ...
An early student of Pablo Casals, Fred Katz is best known as the seminal jazz cellist in Chico Hamilton's breakthrough chamber jazz quintet of the 1950s. With a lengthy list of credits to his oeuvre, ...
One hundred forty-one years ago today, one of the earliest radio stars and the hobo songwriter behind countless classics was born, ...
Traditional African musical sounds and songs are under threat today. More than 50 years after the end of official colonial rule, the legacy of colonialism continues to sideline many traditional ...
Regina Carter, the jazz violinist and onetime MacArthur Fellow, stopped by NPR headquarters recently to perform and discuss material from her new album, Reverse Thread. The record marks a new ...
The Celebration! Congo Choir, a group of 18 young adult singers, musicians and dancers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, performed at Metropolitan AME Church on M Street NW last week. They ...