Reviewed by Cecilia Durojaye in African music (Grahamstown, South Africa) 10 (3) 2017, pages 170-173 (ML5.A25 AFA). AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. African Drumming: ...
When it comes to learning West African drumming and dancing, it takes a village. In Marin, that would be Rhythm Village, a Fairfax group whose mission is to build community around African music and ...
More than 100 Aurora grade-schoolers got a two-concert treat Wednesday — one of Negro spirituals and the other of African drum music — at the Fox Arts Center in Aurora as part of Black History Month ...
The heart of West African culture is being set to a beat and rhythm as the DAFRA Drum ensemble prepares to perform at the Fowler Museum on Aug. 17. As the final concert of the Fowler’s ongoing summer ...
Drumstruck at Silvermist blends African music, theatre, wine and food into one immersive cultural experience in Constantia.
FLINT, MI — Since the age of five, Kevin “Baba” Collins has had some sort of instrument in his hands and had a hunger for learning about his culture and its history. “I’ve been studying music ever ...
Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...
Tuviel Levi, music producer and owner of Interplay Recording and Multimedia studio in Boulder, has a long-term relationship with African drum music and reggae. When he was growing up in Brooklyn, New ...
In West African dance, the rhythm of the drums and the movement of the dancer work together in unison, almost as one colorful, throbbing body. Other styles, from ballet to modern, disconnect the two; ...
Zachariah Combs likes to perform for an audience, especially one made up of children or teens. But he doesn’t like the kind that sits silently at attention, listening to his music and holding their ...
Fort Jackson honored the contributions of African-Americans Feb. 23 during an African-American/Black History Month luncheon at the NCO Club. The theme of this year's event was "African Americans in ...