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Jahkoy's music is his personal experiment and his home studio — a laboratory
He decided on a path in music by way of poetry — then the beat kicked in. Now he's a rising star and just signed by Def Jam. We caught up with Toronto's Jahkoy after his set at the 2016 SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Daby Touré's new record 'Amonafi' is an homage to the displaced
Mauritian musician Daby Touré recently released his latest record called "Amonafi." On the album, Touré sings about displacement, especially all the people he's seen leave Africa for Europe.
This 'Tex-Mex, Gringa' musician is proud to carry on the family name
Carrie Rodriguez is a Texan, but with deep roots to Mexican pop music through her great-aunt, Eva Garza. Rodriguez pays tribute to her great-aunt and adds her own contemporary twists to classic ranchera's on her new album, "Lola."
How A Tribe Called Quest's 'Funky Diabetic' tapped hip-hop's Caribbean roots
Rapper Phife Dawg, a founding member of A Tribe Called Quest, has died. He was 45.
How his 90s Norteño-electronica collective influenced Tijuana of today
Roberto Mendoza has been in the trenches of Tijuana's cultural evolution over the past few decades.
A path-breaking Cuban concert — and a climate for more
Tonight in Austin, the first-ever SXSW Cuban showcase will take place. If you can't see these amazing musicians, just wait — the improving relations between the US and Cuba up the chances they'll be playing more often in America and elsewhere.
For jazz pianist, Obama's trip to Cuba 'beyond what I'd ever thought I'd see'
Arturo O'Farrill took a few moments to talk about Cuba before his concert at New York's Birdland on Sunday night. O'Farrill is son of "Chico," the famous Cuban jazz composer and conductor. Arturo is carrying on his dad's legacy, both on the jazz scene and
Remembering Nana Vasconcelos, renowned Brazilian percussionist
He was the master of the single-string instrument known as the berimbau
Whiskey of the Damned just might be your new favorite Irish punk band
We asked for your Irish punk band recommendations, and Whiskey of the Damned was your answer.
One of Ukraine's cultural ambassadors could be drafted at any time
The members of the Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha are perhaps the country's best known cultural ambassadors. They've played Coachella and Bonnaroo and have sung to thousands in their native language. Marko Galanevych is the only male member of the band and kn