Etran de L'Aïr ("stars of the Aïr region") are a four-piece rock band from Agadez, Niger, a West African city that has an estimated population approximately the size of Santa Fe County, situated in a ...

Listen to an imagined set list for a supernatural juke joint featuring Albert King, Outkast, Cécile McLorin Salvant and more.

The music of African Americans is one of the most poetic and inescapable ... TN Smithsonian American Art Museum Rhythmic Blues National Museum of African American History and Culture Costume worn by ...

“The blues is born out of the a cappella music of Africa and the music that blacks created as slaves, which manifested as field hollers, mixed together with the European folk music they learned ...

creating many musical innovations Muddy Waters was a huge influence in turning the music of the Mississippi Delta into modern-style electric blues In 1920 Mamie Smith became the first African ...

The music of African Americans is one of the most poetic and inescapable ... TN Smithsonian American Art Museum Rhythmic Blues National Museum of African American History and Culture Costume worn by ...