How choral music is striking a chord with aficionados even outside traditional church services ...

Karen Cox  The seventh studio album from Rhiannon Giddens will be released on September 18 via Nonesuch Records. Hope is the ...

In the latter half of the 18th century, Black musicians — who had long been responsible for musical entertainment for white colonialists — started pairing the banjo with the fiddle, creating the ...

For proof that the ney (also spelled nay) is one of the oldest musical instruments still in use, you need look no further than the great Sumerian city of Ur. Archeologists have found the delicate ...

April 18 was a beautiful sunny day– perfect for enjoying an afternoon concert of traditional folk and American heritage music. And that’s exactly what folks got at the last of a series of four Lunch ...

The award-winning Australian author is at her most ambitious with this sweeping rural drama, tackling difficult topics with dazzling prose Eva Hornung’s novels have been praised for their visceral and ...

Minstrel shows were in their heyday from the 1830s and through the Civil War, endured during Reconstruction then faded. White performers darkened their faces and wore shredding clothing in imitation ...

Recently, I’ve been trying to work through some issues I have with the way I approach playing & beating video games. For the longest time, I’ve felt like I need to make sure I see every possible piece ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Boulter applies his make-up before the final performance of the Black and White Minstrels stage show at the Victoria Palace ...

The Kaapse Klopse Karnival Association's parade will begin at 11am with minstrels marching up Somerset Road towards the DHL Stadium. The Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association gathers outside the ...

Each year around 2 January, the streets of Cape Town host the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, also known as Kaapse Klopse. Rooted in the nineteenth century, the event combines music, parades and ...

The Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association (CTMCA) has launched a fundraising drive to support its legal fight against the City of Cape Town, seeking to compel it to provide a venue for minstrel ...