Charlie Poole, a spiritual predecessor to musicians like Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia, was born March 22, 1892, in North ...

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have uncovered the oldest known recording of whale song. And it reveals a noisier soundscape of today's oceans.

Legendary artist Taj Mahal talks about covering a previously unheard Bill Withers song, 'Time,' for a new album of that name, and his 60-year career.

Fifty years since Tobago — together with its island neighbour, Trinidad — became a republic, it’s embraced independence while ...

On A Piece of Infinity, Meklit delivers a set of catchy songs that blur the lines between Ethio jazz, pop, soul, funk, world ...

In a previously unpublished interview, Bob Power, the late landmark hip-hop engineer, discusses his technique and place in ...

With his first album in 10 years, Mulatu Plays Mulatu, recorded in both London and Addis Ababa, 81 year-old Mulatu Astatke, ...

Bob Dylan's demo from 1973 became the basis for the most overplayed country song of all time Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rivers often feel timeless, carved into the landscape as if they’ve always been there. Yet, like ...

Addis Ababa, March 7, 2026 (ENA)—The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has officially begun nationwide voter registration for Ethiopia’s upcoming 7th General Election, marking a decisive step ...

Few Americans have had the opportunity to visit or explore Iran, an ethnically diverse nation of over 90 million people which has been effectively shut off from the United States since the Iranian ...

New geochemical fingerprinting of volcanic ash layers above the Omo Kibish fossils shows the remains were deposited before an eruption dated to at least 233,000 years ago. This pushes the minimum age ...