A music genre that is only a few decades old has captured the hearts of many Angolans. Eduardo Paim, the genre's founder, shares his musical influences and what effect Kizomba has had on his country.

Lisbon — The Angolan musician Barceló de Carvalho (Bonga) received Saturday in Lisbon, the Prestige-Music Award, in the 25 years anniversary of the RDP Africa. The gala awarded 12 personalities who ...

Musician Charles Neville and several inmate bands are scheduled to perform at Friday’s symposium, “Angola Bound Revisited: Prison Music of Louisiana,” at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Receiving ...

I got lucky last summer when I got my time … The words come naturally to Charles Neville, the memory as strong as when he was an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary here. … my partner got a ...

Luanda — The Angolan singer Anselmo Ralph was the most highlighted in the gala of Angola Music Awards/2013 (AMA) by winning six prizes out of the 25 ones, including the category of Best Track of the ...

Music has often been used to commemorate the indefatigable resolve of the human spirit in the face of great suffering. Countless interpretations of field hollers, slave chants and spirituals have been ...

Growing up in the aftermath of civil war, his father a controversial former general, the producer has channelled his shocking experiences into a vital electronic album The perkiest song on Guerrilla, ...

In this episode of Smirnoff and Mixmag’s ongoing documentary series Global Dancefloor viewers are transported to the African nation of Angola to explore how the country’s booming musical export of ...