Solange Knowles has been rounding up an eclectic stable of African American artists and performers for a live music series ...

He’s one of the most well-known folk artists to pen protest ... is actually a post-Civil War freedom song that has its roots in the African-American community. The song has been covered many ...

“Kumbaya” is often referred to as an African folk song ... In 1939, Frey, an Anglo-American Reverend, published the sheet music for a song called “Come by Here,” which he said he wrote ...

"African American history has always suffered from neglect. But currently it is under attack. The assault comes from two ...

Country is a product of our sonic melting pot and these Black artists are reclaiming the genre for the next gen of musicians ...

Giddens drew upon her own background in the fiddle and banjo to similarly trace the banjo from rural African American communities in the South to contemporary largely-white folk music performance.

Early American banjo music is Black music, developed by enslaved Africans and rooted in Black culture through the early 1800s ...

The Alpine Goat Brewery is hosting Rhythm & Brews on the Farm, an outdoor music festival, on May 31. The event features a ...

Ron Fleming shouted to the audience, quoting James Brown song lyrics ... Inc. and advertised as “a celebration of African-American folk life.” A North Carolina woman, who identified herself ...

"I'm African American, and Ella's African American ... The two helped bring more diversity to the Old Town School of Folk Music. "Ella Jenkins' magic, I think, is her simplicity," Dies said.