Nigerian musicians are leading the nominations for the 2025 South African Music Awards’ (SAMA) Rest of Africa Award. The category recognises outstanding non-South African artists whose music has made ...

Spread This News By Darlington Gatsi  SOUTH African musician Reason, also known as Sizwe Alakine, has expressed excitement ...

The global explosion of Afrobeats has hit a fever pitch as more artists come to the forefront of the exciting multifaceted genre. One of the standouts in the West African-bred music scene is Nigerian ...

Over the last decade, Afrobeats has become a global phenomenon, bringing African music into the Western mainstream. There’s now an Afrobeats category at the MTV Video Music Awards, and performers like ...

In a small village called Bethlehem in the Northwestern region of Benin, an annual festival of culture and music has been ...

Described as a virtual singer powered by artificial intelligence (AI), Mya Blue says: "I am not the enemy, I am just a music lover exploring the different sounds of the world." Her Instagram account, ...

Explore the rich tradition of Maskandi music in South Africa, its historical significance and how contemporary artists are preserving its legacy for future generations.

Sony Music Africa has appointed Bash Sebastian Jameson, also known by his stage name Shishiliza, as its new label manager.

The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would be ...

Flemons gained popularity over the past two decades as a founding member of Black banjo and string band revivalists The Carolina Chocolate Drops, known for their 2010 Grammy-award-winning album ...

Black. It is the color that absorbs all colors, the shade that holds the sun's warmth as it moves east to west. It is the color of a people, not just African but Caribbean, Middle Eastern, American, ...