Miriam Makeba News

Mulatu Astatke just released a new album with The Heliocentrics. WDUQ, July 6, 2009 - Jazz was born in America in the early 20th century, evolving out of a meeting of African and European music traditions.

Summer in Toronto means it's time for a cornucopia of concerts, many of them free, by top artists from across the globe.

Marl Young, a musician who was instrumental in the merger of the all-black and all-white musicians unions in Los Angeles in the early 1950s and two decades later became the first black music director of a major network television series, "Here's Lucy," has died.

Miriam Makeba's sweet voice took on a serious tone in Pretoria on Wednesday when she addressed the issue of the plight of landmine victims in Mozambique.

The music of Hugh Masekela is the sound of South Africa. In a career that has spanned more than 50 years his songs have expressed both joy and indignation, exploring themes of inequality and hardship, protest and hope.

Damon Dash. In addition to his past financial issues and lawsuits , the Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear co-founder has been smacked with divorce papers by his estranged wife, fashion designer Rachel Roy .

DRUMMING TO A DIFFERENT BEAT: Dancer Natasha Phanor rehearses COBA's remount of Doun Doun Dance, based on a traditional West African dance.

Ann Marie Parks-Kojo, the 2009 National Women's Action Committee Calypso Queen, left, receives roses from salesgirl Seema Padarath.

The remarkable thing about Prudence Mabhena's voice, other than its vivid resonance, is that you're hearing it at all.

NATIONAL QUEEN: Twiggy performs "One For Obama" to win the 2009 NWAC National Calypso Queen title on February 1 at the Cascadia Hotel, St Ann's, Port of Spain.

Toronto singer Kemer Yousef and a renowned African kora player top the list of events celebrating Black History Month, which starts tomorrow.

Kaiso house opening: Marva Joseph singing her address to the nation at Kaiso House south opening at Palms Club San Fernando on Frida... OBAMA MANIA rocked the opening of Kaiso House at Palms Club, ...

Zimbabwean fans of the late Miriam Makeba will soon be able to remember 'Mama Afrika' by listening to her last CD.

In this last part, Sunday Monitor's Don Wanyama and Florence Namasinga record the most captivating events around the world as we conclude the year the biggest being the election of the first Black America to ...

Miriam Makeba, internationally acclaimed South African vocalist passed away on Nov.

The Soweto Gospel Choir, a 52-member group formed in 2002 in the former black township, wants to carry the message of Africa to the world in the footsteps of the late Miriam Makeba.

Standard Chartered Bank, Hemamo Branch working together with a host of local artists raised money for charity during a fund-raising dinner held at the Gaborone Sun last Saturday.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for over 30 years under apartheid, died after collapsing on ...

Odetta Holmes "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" was a singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter and activist.

I've been around the block . I've played and loved and lived an unconventional life in conventional trappings.