Join Face2Face Africa as we share with you the top 10 African songs of 2025. The list is in no particular order.

It's been 40 years since the song "Africa" unexpectedly became a worldwide sensation. It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do I bless ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

Spotify announces Afrobeats star Asake will curate its 'African Heat' playlist for an exclusive New Year's Eve takeover to ...

Thursday night is the culmination of a unique battle of the bands competition in Montreal. It’s called Syli D’Or, which means “the golden elephant” in a hybrid of French and Bambara, the language ...

Highlife--a music born in West Africa following the collision of New World styles like jazz, calypso, and Cuban music--integrated these approaches with traditional drumming, vocals, and strings.

Emerging out of the increasingly vibrant African music scene in Washington, which includes such recently noted artists as Cheik Hamala Diabate and Chopteeth, Elikeh, who fittingly take their name from ...

Discover how South African musicians are embracing the new year with inspiring resolutions aimed at personal growth and ...

American music festivals have their share of First World problems. Beer sponsors that aren’t PBR; idiots who hold their phones up so their friends on the other end can hear a muffled My Morning Jacket ...

This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...