Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 24—Guitarist and singer-songwriter Jonathan Butler, the South African recording artist who has been inspiring audiences since ...

Middletown >> The 42nd annual Crowell Concert Series, presented by Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts and Music Department, continues with a concert by South African guitarist Derek Gripper on ...

Hear songs by Mdou Moctar, Bombino, Orchestra Baobab and more. By Ben Sisario For today’s Amplifier, your proprietor Lindsay Zoladz graciously lent me the keys for a little tour of Africa to celebrate ...

During interviews, I regularly ask musicians about their childhood home — whether their parents were musicians, if there were instruments around and jams abounding, or perhaps just recorded music ...

South African guitarist and composer Derek Gripper describes himself as a former classical guitarist who's rehabilitated himself. "In the classical scene, guitarists are at war with the guitar," he ...

Award-winning jazz guitarist Louis Mhlanga has always let music take center stage. For the 67-year-old award-winning Zimbabwean, music has been the sole focus of his life. “I did nothing else except ...

Drawing on 20 years of experience with African music, guitar expert Banning Eyre connected the continent’s historical rhythms to the Western music world Thursday in Boston University’s College of Fine ...