Bradley Simmons, instructor of West African percussion at Duke University for nearly three decades, died at 72 on May 22.

Haiti’s first domestic flight in seven months took off Thursday from the nation’s capital, as excited passengers prepared to reunite with friends, relatives, and business associates in the northern ...

The weekend is ripe with festivals, including the Monticello Watermelon Festival, the Afrikan Dance Festival and SGI Mullet ...

Sly Stone, an electrifying musician, songwriter and showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the ...

Brooklyn-based Dominican composer and guitarist Yasser Tejeda has explored myriad ways to mesh Afro-Dominican roots music with sophisticated modern arrangements while maintaining its cultural ...

British-Cypriot artist A!MS has joined forces with Grammy-winning reggae star Julian Marley and Grammy-winning producer ...

From parades and festivals, to panels, and performances, here are some of the best ways you can celebrate Caribbean American ...

For this month’s ‘Made in Africa’ column, we list the music from across the African diaspora we’re taking into the summer ...

Celebration of Dance, Art, and Wellness! The event was held on Sunday, May 25, 2025, 1-5 pm, People’s Street Plaza in Leimert ...

Haitian Heritage Month, Michaël Brun, Michaël Brun BAYO, BAYO Barclays Center, Haitian music, Haitian Konpa theGrio.com ...

You lean on what brings you closest: the food, the language, and that infectious rhythm of Haitian Konpa. Konpa, the country’s popular music genre, is one of the few things that hasn’t gotten ...