It started with a lullaby. While volunteering in Uganda, David Shipman sang “Baby Mine” to comfort a baby in a local orphanage. “Baby mine, don’t you cry… Baby mine, dry your eyes…” The gentle song ...

African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...

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 ...