Afro Funk News Today

The Juneteenth Village Fest in Douglass Park and the 1865 Juneteenth Fest in Garfield Park were two of the many events across the city celebrating the holiday this weekend.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Thandiswa Mazwai, aka King Tha, is taking her previously sold-out show A Letter to Azania to the Mother City.

Alberto Limónta Pérez, known as Limón, has been a colorful member of the Fredericksburg music community since he moved to the area with his wife Inez Manuela Regi eleven years

click to enlarge Photo by Bernard Benant As the anniversaries of pandemic lockdowns arrive, many of us have been reflecting on the people weve lost in the past year, whether from COVID or any other cause. If any good can come from all times, I hope we never again take for granted the opportunity to say goodbye or come together to celebrate a...

>> its exquiz it. its in paris. shes got this darker look because she is paying tribute to an incredible nigerian artist. anybody in africa will have heard of the man who invented afro beat and afro funk. hip-hop would not have happened without him. by dressing up like this, shes paying tribute to his queens, they were his dancers. they were also his wives. he married all of his dancers in a ceremony. he had many wives. they were known as queens. its interesting all his dancers were his wives. >...