On March 17th, 2024, The African Music Library and lawyer and historian Nze Ed Emeka Keazor hosted the official Lagos premiere of Nze Keazor’s film Ki'mon In an era where the contributions of our past ...

Get your yaya on as the popular club night Afro Funké returns to its home base, Zanzibar in Santa Monica for one night only, Sept. 10 from 9 p.m. till 2 a.m. Afro Funké (that's funk-AY, not funk-ee) ...

A pattern is starting to appear in Cimafunk’s album titles. The Afro-Cuban funk artist named his 2017 debut “Terapia,” or “Therapy,” and his 2021, Grammy-nominated follow-up was called “El Alimento,” ...

Cimafunk hasn’t been shy about throwing big, energetic shows or bringing on stage heavyweight guest performers like funk godfather George Clinton. But CimaFest NOLA is tying together a lot of things ...

The Chicago Reader is back in print! Our February issue is being delivered to more than 600 locations across the city beginning February 4. Find the closest newspaper box, coffee shop, bar, library ...

Bill Taylor, the executive director of the Trombone Shorty Foundation, traveled to Cuba in January for the Havana Jazz Festival. He arrived in Havana late, and he was tired. But the woman serving as ...

The London band’s kaleidoscopic new album crosses genres and skips past musical borders Afro-funk band Ibibio Sound Machine have been around since 2013. The London group are best known for blending ...

Sarah’s Jazz Club is turning up the music once again with its weekly live performances. This week has a few special evenings planned as the Club welcomes esteemed musicians to its stage. This Friday, ...

We’re celebrating the rich and colourful sounds of afro funk, with some of the most exciting live acts and DJs from across the genre. Headlining the night are Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou — the ...

The term "Chopteeth" means just what it sounds like: eating one's own teeth, or at least being crazy enough to try it. It's the spirit behind the Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band, a Washington, D.C.-based ...