South Africa's Sheer Sound label launched its Sheer Africa series a few years ago in order to highlight specific instruments and styles from the continent. Each edition has benefited from attractive ...

In the modern world it’s easy to lose touch with your roots. That’s as true for Zulus as anyone else. Take the students at Goede Hoop, a primary school 30 minutes outside of Johannesburg. Some of the ...

The Dance Hall welcomes back Randy Armstrong & WorldBeat Marimba featuring Ben Baldwin, Marty Quinn & Lisa Marshall. Randy Armstrong & WorldBeat Marimba perform South African, Zimbabwe and Popular ...

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, the Anzanga Marimba Ensemble presents their high-intensity, irresistably danceable expression of traditional and contemporary marimba music from Zimbabwe ...

Southern Africa's best youth marimba band is making a rare appearance in Portland. This high-school aged marimba band from Botswana is recognized both in Africa and the US for their exuberant stage ...

When ethnomusicology alumnus Ric Alviso was first assigned the task of teaching his African music ensemble class the marimba, he only had a few weeks to learn the instrument before he taught the class ...

Mark your calendars for Feb. 28th. Six bands will play high-energy marimba music from Zimbabwe and Botswana. Come to dance or come to just listen. It's all good. All ages welcome. There will also be a ...

This year's International Marimba and Steelpan Festival featured a record 2,300 musicians from across South Africa and neighbouring countries The sound of hundreds of marimbas echoed through the halls ...

The sound of marimbas has become one of the city's most recognisable cultural experiences, and every year the Cape Town Marimba Festival brings that energy back to the stage in a celebration of rhythm ...

African instruments are rich and unique in their sounds. With such uniqueness in sound, they have influenced music from other parts of the world. Here are 7 musical instruments whose origin dates back ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This weekend brings a chance for kids and parents suffering from spring fever to move their feet and clap to a happy rhythm. Pick Up Sticks Marimba is an ...