Hip-hop has always been Diaspora music, or at least since the Jamaican-born Kool Herc started looping James Brown records in the early 1970s. Later on, people like the late Japanese producer Nujabes ...

Composer Margaret Bonds collaborated with Langston Hughes on a 1960 musical titled "Shakespeare in Harlem." (Photo by Carl Van Vechten Collection/Getty Images) The African Diaspora Music Project is a ...

Originating in Trinidad and Tobago, the steelpan remains the only acoustic musical instrument invented in the twentieth century. Forged from oil drums and shaped by the creativity of Afro Trinidadian ...

Zabelle Panosian sang a hit record that became a staple of Armenian American households in the 1920s but died in anonymity. Panosian is one of the many immigrant musical performers whose songs will be ...

To celebrate Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison has been bringing you a weekly series on the music of the African Diaspora. For the last installment of the series, Morrison ...

On October 1, 2013, electro-R&B futurist Kelela Mizanekristos debuted her inaugural mixtape, Cut 4 Me. The thirteen-track effort, released through Los Angeles-based indie label Fade to Mind, was a ...

In pulsating rhythms, where beats fuse with soul and melodies that spark spirits, a musical revolution has emerged, carrying within it the power to unite and ignite the essence of the Black community ...

All three joined OPB host Jenn Chávez on stage at the Pickathon Experiential Music Festival to sing, play and talk about their work. Note: The following transcript was created by a computer and edited ...

The steelpan has emerged as a powerful bridge between Caribbean heritage and Indian roots within the Indo-Caribbean diaspora. Through innovative performances, historical legacies, and evolving ...

Trumpeter/composer/bandleader Steven Bernstein may have made his name with groups as far-flung as Sex Mob and the Lounge Lizards, but it is quite possible that his ...