When Bolepu Mathabatha met with Pops Mohamed to repair his damaged kora, the moment felt like renewal rather than loss. In a short video posted on social media, Mohamed can be seen thanking Mathabatha ...

Sidelined from performance by a stroke in 2016, the masterly singing and fiery guitar technique of Dick Gaughan made him a signal presence on the folk scene over four decades. These ten BBC live ...

Guinea, where junta strongman Mamady Doumbouya is almost certain to win Sunday's presidential vote, is one of the world's ...

The Grammys' country album category has been split into two for the 2026 award show. The Recording Academy has announced that the best country album category is now the best contemporary country album ...

The “pollera,” a bell skirt with layered petticoats, is the traditional dress of Indigenous women in Bolivia’s highlands.

Lopa Kothari picks out fresh roots-based music, and Karachi-born spiritual practitioner Manizeh guides us through two tracks: one for the road, and one that reminds her of home. Show more Lopa Kothari ...

Once confined to the courtyards, riverbanks, among cattle herders, elephant keepers, and villagers of undivided Goalpara, ...

If indulgent, lazy sea days are a highlight of an ocean voyage, then several of them back-to-back are certain to appeal. With ...

Richard Smallwood, a gospel singer and recording artist nominated eight times for Grammy Awards, has died. Smallwood died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at a rehabilitation and nursing ...

Dec. 26 marks the first day of Kwanzaa, and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, in partnership with the Asase ...

December 5, 2025 • Dove Ellis. Melody's Echo Chamber. Editors' Tom Smith. Erin Wolf of Radio Milwaukee joins Stephen Thompson to discuss those albums and more on our last episode of New Music Friday ...