WORCESTER — The New England premiere of "Credo," a large-scale, multi-movement work for chorus, baritone soloist, and piano by the late African-American composer Margaret Bonds, will be performed 50 ...

The songs featured in this five-part series on African music are oddities, especially compared to today’s hits. In an age dominated by dull one-hit wonders that are quickly forgotten, artists of the ...

African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...