If you enjoy African Music you will enjoy the top African Music CDs. Music selection from Afropop, to Gospel, to Rap and Roots Music. Top African Music CDs include and span several eras of some of the greatest African artists of the century. One of the top African Music CDs is by the late great […]
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Highly developed civilizations, the Aztecs, Mayans and Incans made music that still lives on. Of course, those peoples didn’t leave behind records or tapes. But musical historians and people interested in their own cultural backgrounds have in recent years done a lot of research and recreation. The ancient civilizations of the New World employed a […]
Did you know that Latin America has contributed a lot and enriched the world of music? Latin American music includes an endless number of genres. While some of them are drawn from vernacular traditions, others are taken from the tradition of European popular music. You can find the influence of African music since many singers, […]
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There is little evidence that sub-Saharan African music is primarily defined by numbers. A melody can play a part in African music, but a traditional West African song can be played in any way that any musician who is aware of the remote traditions and circumstances will almost immediately locate the source. It is generally […]
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Have you ever heard of an instrument called a talking mouth? There are African drums, often with clocks, and often in African music. But the reason is that they are called speaking drums. Much like smoke-signals Native Americans, African tribes used talking drums to communicate with each other. However, unlike those smoke signals, which usually […]