Riffing with Ethiopia’s jazz master in the 1970s, Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke made waves when he introduced a new style of music that layered jazz improvisation with Ethiopian folk rhythms and ...

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A legendary musician spent time in Liverpool over the weekend and visited one of the city's most famous landmarks. Sir Bob ...

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Thanks to bands such as The Eagles and Led Zeppelin, these three blues albums from the 1970s are overly slept on.

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An exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has opened in Lagos in Nigeria, marking the ...