World Music Day is observed annually on June 21 as a lively tribute to the universal language of music. Regardless of whether you are a professional musician or just like humming along to music, this ...

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As the Latin trap anthem “Singamo” rings over the speakers at the Echo in Echo Park, more than 50 people sing along and twerk onstage. Dina Ben-Nissan and Courtney Hollinquest take turns spinning ...

Pahua is a self-produced project fronted by Paulina Sotomayor, a composer, percussionist, DJ, and producer based in Mexico City who sets her empowering lyrics to a soundtrack of folkloric rhythms and ...

Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from diverse cultures and by doing so, shaped modern world music — died on Sunday in San Francisco. He was 73. In a statement, his family said ...

Established in 1996 in NYC, the supergroup Solas (named for the Irish word for "light") quickly garnered acclaim for transforming Celtic music by weaving together traditional Irish melodies with ...