[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/12812385 w=500&h=281] The promo for South African-US duo Blk Sonshine‘s latest release.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0mPUpojd84&w=500&h=307&rel=0] This past summer at least three prominent figures of the Cape Town jazz scene–the saxophone

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SK_Z_LGEac&w=500&h=301&rel=0] These guys are obsessed with the elements. The band is named for the cold current

Simphiwe Dana is probably the most talented female singer of her generation from South Africa. (Thandiswa

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dydtXJ94CE&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Detroit DJ and producer, Theo Parrish, is one of the artists slated to appear at the

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/14091396 w=500&h=281] The debut music video from Nigerian-born, “alternative-soul” artist, Bez. The video was shot in

This 60 minute radio program on the music and ideas of Oumou Sangare–known as “The Songbird

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/13045384 w=600&h=368] This short clip of Brooklyn’s Mos Def, offering greetings while performing at the most

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_TU7lhqnN0&w=500&h=307&rel=0] From an article in last week’s “Detroit Metro Times”: ‘… In the ’60s, Motown was

That’s the only way to explain the “career” of  the really bad rapper, Bangs (Sudan-born, Australian-based),

Guest Blogger, Tom DeVriendt Pitcho Womba Konga hails from Congo but moved to Belgium at the

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8VOKhRr0eg&w=500&h=300&rel=0] The latest video by the original hip hop artist Gil Scott Heron–who is back. This

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0F2_sAlaNo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Mos Def is back. Which means I am happy. This for Ski Beats’ new album

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHMTgvfs_E&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Hip hop now has its own museums, honors shows on basic cable, and rap beats

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rNE-5WUtSE&w=500&h=307&rel=0] A good way to tide you over till Sunday’s World Cup final is to listen

Two of South Africa’s most talented musicians of the last 30 years, Robbie Jansen (1949-2010), sax

Despite its high cheesiness quotient and half of the teams featured in the video already out

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/13010025 w=500&h=307] Ghana’s Black Stars was on a run to make history–to become the first African