Despite it being called the Jazz & Roots Festival, you’ll hear more than just jazz this weekend. You can also expect to hear ...

The Afro-Caribbean Collective is a high-energy nonet led by Puerto Rican-born guitarist Jose Guzman. On Cortadito, the ensemble's fourth album, the accent as always is on the lively rhythms and ...

On September 5, D’banj, the Nigerian superstar best known for his irresistible dance hit “Oliver Twist,” will co-headline the inaugural Sound Culture Fest at Irving Plaza with GOAT-status Trinidadian ...

La Armada has completed production on its next album, “Anti-Colonial Vol. 2,” which is set for release later this year via their own label Mal De Ojo Records in the U.S. The album will be released via ...

BAM Free Music will return for its second season with six high-energy concerts running February through May 2026. This year's lineup brings together artists from across the Caribbean and its diaspora ...

SOUTH BEND — The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective performs at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at Merrimans’ Playhouse, 401 E. Colfax Ave., Suite 135. A native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, guitarist José Guzmán Borrero ...

Inside Kingsway - a historic, gorgeous New Orleans residence that legendary producer Daniel Lanois turned into an idiosyncratic recording studio in the late ‘80s and ‘90s for Bob Dylan, U2, R.E.M., ...

From reggae and soca to merengue and bouyon, here’s how these musical genres have shaped the region’s culture and influenced ...

Students will listen to music from Ghana, Nigeria, Cuba, and Puerto Rico to learn how this polyrhythmic tradition followed Africans to the Caribbean as a result of the transatlantic slave trade.

Led by guitarist Jose Guzman, this ensemble blends the heart of Afro-Caribbean rhythms with staples as the Cuban son, Puerto Rican bomba, salsa, descarga, cha-cha and bembe, counterpointed with the ...