Reggae music nowadays seems as ubiquitous to the beaches of Southeast Asia and dorm rooms of Boston as it does to its Jamaican homeland. Now the genre that evolved in the 1960s has been added to the ...

Africa’s leading Congolese Rumba music is now on the list of the world cultural heritage of humanity after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) admitted the ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Compas, a beloved Haitian music and dance genre inspired by merengue and infused with percussion, made UNESCO’s cultural heritage list on Wednesday. The syncopated rhythm, ...

United Nations decision to recognize Irish harp music as a unique art form will help to protect and spread the Irish skill. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ...

An American soprano who sang when the United States rejoined UNESCO weighed in on the agency’s addition of Italian opera singing to a heritage list. By Farah Nayeri Is opera an endangered art form ...

SOURCE: New Orleans has been named a UNESCO Creative City of Music, joining nine other US cities in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, which recognizes the role of music in urban development and ...

Belfast has been awarded City of Music status by UNESCO, it was announced on November 8. Belfast is the first city on the island of Ireland to receive the UNESCO City of Music designation and the ...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans has just been named a UNESCO Creative City of Music, joining an elite network of cities known for their art and culture. To get the designation, New Orleans & Company ...

Reggae music has just joined UNESCO's list of over 300 protected cultural treasures, CNN reports. The Jamaica-born genre was awarded protected status on Thursday at a UNESCO conference in Mauritius, ...