Africa

Africa Now! at the Apollo Theater

by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The Africa Now! music festival, which just wrapped up it's fourth year at the Apollo Theater, aspires to provide American audiences with a tasting menu […]

Tags: Africa, afropop, Alsarah and the Nubatones, Apollo Theater, Bombino, Ghana, Jojo Abot, Mokoomba, Niger, Sudan, World Music Institute, Zimbabwe

Regina Carter and Reverse Thread at the Jazz Standard

by Nicholas Fernandez Photo courtesy of ReginaCarter.com In some ways, Friday night's Regina Carter set at the Jazz Standard felt like an episode of This American Life: the music was

Tags: Africa, African diaspora, jazz, Jazz Standard, Kora, MacArthur, new york, Regina Carter, violin, world music