One of Canada’s most unique and enduring festivals is underway in Montreal. Tonight it kicks off a full week of free, outdoor shows on two stages.
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Essaouira is the spiritual capital of Gnaoua music, and for those who cannot resist its trance-inducing rhythms, the Gnaoua and World Music Festival is a necessary annual pilgrimage. This year, from June 25-27, I witnessed this transformative and spiritual experience on behalf of OkayAfrica
In 2026, Universal Music Japan‘s president and CEO, Naoshi Fujikura, was chosen for inclusion in Billboard‘s Global Power Players list for a sixth consecutive time, making this his seventh appearance. In this year’s interview, he talked to Billboard JAPAN about Japan’s unique superfan culture and the challenges Japan faces in its overseas expansion.
The energy at Afrochella in 2018 was palpable, electric, a heady mix of sound and movement that seemed to rise from the ground at Accra’s El Wak Stadium. It wasn’t just a music festival; it was a homecoming, a reunion of the African diaspora that stretched from Accra to Atlanta, Lagos to London. As the…