Music lovers from around the world gathered in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali, for a truly unique festival.
Nigeria's music industry is flourishing. However, it faces a big threat -- the scourge of piracy.
Soweto's traditional music picks up the pace in the form of Shangaan Electro.
The name Kuti belongs to a musical dynasty. But Femi Kuti is by no means living in his father's shadow and is much more than just the son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti.
Eight African musical superstars have joined forces, on a mission to share their continent's music with a global audience.
From TV talent show winner to U.N. ambassador promoting ethnic diversity in China, Dadawa is a singer like no other.
Mohammed Issa Matona is a man on a mission. A master of taarab music, Matona is also the co-founder of Zanzibar's Dhow Countries Music Academy, a school dedicated to preserving the island's traditional music styles.
CNN's Robyn Curnow reports on a Swahili form of music as unique as Zanzibar itself and the musician passing it on.
Paula Hancock's visits a group of South Korean musicians who make promoting traditional music their mission.
Istanbul may be two millennia old, but there's nothing dated about its cultural scene. While the domed city is best known for its ancient attractions, it's also buzzing with a vibrant contemporary arts and design scene.
Talk Asia: AI
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Japan's queen of R&B, AI, is aiming for a Grammy and international credibility for Japanese music.
"It's soul, man!" pronounces Gilles Peterson, his face lighting up as he takes a sip into his chilled mojito. "Cuban music is from the heart, it's free, there are less rules somehow," the DJ extraordinaire tells CNN about the endless energy of the island's music.
Musician Femi Kuti has modernized the Afrobeat sound that his father Fela Kuti helped pioneer.
Energetic, infectious and combative, the music of Nigerian musician Femi Kuti has moved audiences around the world. But the man is just as passionate about getting people to change their world as much as move their feet.
Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia are the blind husband and wife team from Mali who first gained widespread international attention in 2005 with their album "Dimanche a Bamako".
The blind husband and wife duo Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia talk about their three decades of music making.
"I believe that I was born to sing, because since I was five years old, music was calling me." -- Baaba Maal
African music artist Baaba Maal on why he was born to sing; how he has inspired the next generation.
Kenyan Eric Wainiana is at the forefront of East African music and at the sharp end of activism.
Carey thanks her "best friend and husband," Nick Cannon, at the star-studded event
The most prolific vocalist to come out of South Africa has died.
It looks like Apple won't be closing the iTunes store because of a dispute with music publishers over royalties on downloaded songs.
World music divaupdated: Tue Sep 23 2008 22:40:00
Sa Dingding blends musical influences from east and west.
Ethiopiques is not the sound of a national culture struggling to make itself heard over the global noise of pop
Senegalese singer and songwriter Nuru Kane is carrying his sound, and his message, to the West
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Katie Couric is going crazy for sharp-dressed men.
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The best guitar sounds from Zaire, township rhythms from South Africa, and different musical styles from dozens of other African countries continue to land on U.S. shores. Music imports from that c...
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