The Massachusetts-based James Weldon Johnson Foundation, named after the poet, civil rights activist, and diplomat himself, ...

South African music star Tyla brought excitement and emotion to the stage during the second weekend of Coachella 2025. On Friday night, she gave fans ...

Lukather, 67, opened about the creation of the song and its legacy on the April 15 episode of Fail Better with David Duchovny ...

David Paich and Jeff Porcaro wrote the lyrics, which have been widely criticized over the years for confusing metaphors about visiting Africa. Still, he said, the band knew the song was “catchy ...

The lyrics will be entirely in Cornish, and the songs will be performed at venues across Cornwall A collection of eight Romantic era classical songs being composed in Cornish are set to be ...

Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Supported by By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal African music lost one of its titans last week with the death of Amadou Bagayoko, a guitarist who ...

Rema commanded a lively crowd at the Moody Theatre headlining the fourth night of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at SXSW in Austin. “Africa is the future of music because it’s ...

The song comes in response to Seyi Tinubu’s recent comments in Adamawa State, where he described his father as “the greatest President in Nigeria’s history.” In the hard-hitting lyrics ...

The Nigerian authorities have banned broadcasters from playing the song Tell Your Papa, which criticises the country's leader. Artist Eedris Abdulkareem's lyrics slam President Bola Tinubu and ...

While this isn’t a remotely accurate description, the song is a joyous track that celebrates motherhood and showcases the best of West African culture, with its lyrics being sung in Nigerian Pidgin ...

Music was Pérez’s second choice for a career ... with Pérez’s high vocals punctuated by saxophones and a raucous trombone. The lyrics may strike modern listeners as offensive (“Mommy ...

The group, creators of the famous song “Akwaaba”, meaning “Welcome”, claims Medikal used a 10-second sample from their track in his new song “Welcome to Africa” without ... and even the lyrics. The ...