Get ready to dance to the beat of a different drum, thanks to “Rhythms of Africa — Music to My Ears.” The Miramar concert promises to entertain you with international sounds, dancing, music and ...

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It is safe to say that the stage of Zellerbach Hall at the University of California at Berkeley has never witnessed a spectacle to compare to Friday evening's extravaganza. "Kusum Africa" recruited 54 ...

The Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center is delighted to present Cirque Kalabanté – Afrique En Cirque at 7 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2025. Created by the talented Yamoussa Bangoura, this ...

No band is more aptly named than Randy Weston’s African Rhythms Sextet. The African influence is apparent. Weston himself has been described as a griot: a traveling musician-historian with an intimate ...

When pianist and composer Randy Weston takes the bandstand, people look up to him. This is not just because he stands six feet eight inches tall and often dresses flamboyantly in the bright colors of ...

Randy Weston’s relentless advocacy for African music and culture has defined his storied jazz career. This weekend, the renowned jazz pianist, who first set foot on the continent nearly 40 years ago, ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at ...

No musician has been more devoted to exploring the connection between Afro-American classical music (jazz) and the ancestral spirits and rhythms of the African continent than Randy Weston. The ...