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A Grandparent’s Guide to Today’s Popular Music

A guide for grandparents to today's popular music, including how to stream music online.

Kiplinger · May 27, 2023

Released on bail, Nigeria’s Kuti to begin concert tour amid assault trial

Nigerian Afrobeat star Seun Kuti, who is facing trial on on charges of assaulting a police officer, will embark on a delayed concert tour after being released on bail, his manager said Wednesday

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

Want the real Afrobeats experience? For many Black Angelenos, that means a trip to Africa

LOS ANGELES — The first thing Dee Williams noticed was that it felt like home.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 6, 2023

How Burna Boy set the world alight with his mixed brew of influences

Nigerian Afrobeats star Burna Boy burst onto the global stage in 2018 with a slew of irresistible hits on his third album, Outside, accompanied by mandatory fiendish good looks and charm. Grammy and BET awards helped firm up his status within a highly competitive global music industry.

The Conversation · Aug 11, 2022

100 years of pop music in Nigeria: what shaped four eras

The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early months of 2020 shut down nearly all physical and social human activities. For musical practice this meant near death. Performing music is, after all, one of the oldest forms of social human engagement.

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2022

Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, Carly Simon lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2022 inductees

After decades of largely excluding women from induction, the voters of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame seem eager to help right the wrongs of the past for the second year in a row.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022

Rights group says indigenous Batwa community attacked in DR Congo

In tonight's edition: Rangers and troops in DR Congo are accused of working with soldiers to terrorise and kill members of the indigenous Batwa community in a bid to drive them out of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Also, Rwanda marks 28 years since the start of the genocide of the…

France 24 · Apr 7, 2022

2022 Grammys: what Fela Kuti has to do with West Africa's growing pop fame

There are a record number of African nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards and they are almost all from West Africa – Angelique Kidjo (Benin), Rocky Duwani (Ghana), Femi Kuti, Made Kuti, Wizkid, Burna Boy and Tems (Nigeria).

The Conversation · Mar 31, 2022