Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

But the new crop of artists emerging out of the African continent have continued making it clearer that their music can exist ...

The Chattanooga-based folk musician moved to the U.S. from his home country Liberia in the '90s during the country's civil ...