JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Smooth-voiced South African jazz musician Gloria Bosman has been lauded for her contribution to the country’s music industry in a career spanning more than two decades. Bosman died ...

A legendary Swiss festival meets the Cape Winelands as Montreux launches its first African edition in Franschhoek with global ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Mother Africa season continued last weekend with two concerts featuring South African contemporary pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini performing the music of Bheki ...

With his first album in 10 years, Mulatu Plays Mulatu, recorded in both London and Addis Ababa, 81 year-old Mulatu Astatke, ...

At 64, McCoy Mrubata is a commanding presence on the South African jazz scene. A Cape Town native who now resides in Johannesburg along with his wife and four children, Mrubata has won many awards and ...

While there are those who place flowers upon graves to honour the dead, others dust off the archives to reissue the music of an artist lost to time. Pianist Gideon Nxumalo, who died in 1970, was ...

The 41-year-old jazz artist’s new solo album, Of the Earth, written, performed, produced and mixed by Shabaka, even sees him ...

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — From an electrifying and colorful musical performance at the FIFA World Cup to a new Grammy Awards category, African music genres and talents are reaching audiences and dance ...

Jazz singer and writer, Gloria Bosman performs at the 22nd Joy of Jazz Festival in Johannesburg on Sept. 26, 2019. Smooth-voiced South African jazz musician Gloria Bosman has been lauded for her ...