Wyoming songwriter's new album Eagle Feather is shaped by the landscape of the West, the stories of Native Americans, and the ...

He was also influenced by the music his African-American friends sang in the cotton fields and later by Hispanic musicians in New Mexico. And he was influenced by “swing” music—an offshoot ...

The history of Western European music can be divided ... Often a period of music was influenced by what came before.

Grammy-nominated Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko, who won global fame by moulding traditional West African sounds with ...