On the final installment of World Cafe's Black History Month series, John Morrison talks about what's happening today in Black music.

Violinist Zoe Aqua and the string band the Ebony Hillbillies will share a stage on Thursday at Gowanus club Littlefield. (New York Jewish Week) – Two folk music traditions that developed on opposite ...

As a folk musician, Mon Rovîa has never been much of a planner. He didn’t plan on pursuing music as a career; he never imagined going on tour, nor does he map out the lyrics in his music that’s going ...

The setting -- Negro folk music in the United States -- Anthems and spirituals as oral literature -- Cries, calls, whooping, and hollering -- Sounds of work -- Blues -- Ring games and playparty songs ...

The world does not exist. At least not the world that radio and record stores would have you believe exists, where American music resides in one aisle and the music of the rest of the globe in another ...