During the course of the past 50 years, guitar music from Africa has gifted the world a vast array of incredible records, musicians, songs and musical styles. TG gives you a definitive guide. Africa ...

Congolese rumba, sometimes called rumba Lingala or rumba Congolais, is likely to join khon, a Thai masked dance drama, khaen music of Laos, chapei dang veng of Cambodia, Cuban son and Dominican ...

Midway through Vampire Weekend’s recent appearance at the Egyptian Room, the band launched into a lively version of their 2008 single “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.” From the opening notes of singer Ezra ...

Nairobi — Mention of the word Congo immediately evokes two contrasting emotions - war and revelry. For Congo, the name shared by two neighbouring countries, is synonymous with music, especially the ...