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When El Anatsui Isn’t Busy Being One of Africa’s Biggest Artists, He’s Collecting Vinyl
ARTnews· 22 hours agoIn his university days, he played trumpet, performing music by Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington in a...
Unboxed Vol. 44: Kanii Is Managing The Pressure Of Near Superstardom By Doing Him
BET.com· 13 hours agoFrom a few viral hits that have earned over 500 million streams and serious social media following...
‘All kids’ invited to Georgetown public library for ‘Children’s Pride Parade,’ LGBTQ festival
The Washington Times· 1 day agoThe Georgetown Neighborhood Library, part of the District of Columbia Public Library system, sent an email inviting ...
Kennedy Center performance invites audience into conversations surrounding Black culture
WJLA· 16 hours agoJonathan McCrory is the Executive Artistic Director of the National Black Theatre, which is debuting...
Jazz news: Debut Recording Of Vijay Iyer’s Orchestral Works To Be Released June 11th
All About Jazz· 1 day agoJazz news: Debut Recording Of Vijay Iyer’s Orchestral Works To Be Released June 11th. Posted in...
BMOP/sound To Release Debut Recording Of Vijay Iyer's Orchestral Works
Broadway World· 20 hours agoVijay Iyer: Trouble comprises three of his holistic musical responses to living in times of...
Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie are unsung heroesof the civil rights
NPR· 3 days agoFor once, race fell away as America listened, rapt. (SOUNDBITE OF COUNT BASIE'S "ONE O' CLOCK JUMP") MARTIN: What's the evidence of this ...
Bay Area arts: 12 great shows and concerts to catch this weekend
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoFrom an exhibit of Native American art to free festivals and concerts through the Bay Area and Sarah...
The Genius of Ella Fitzgerald
The Nation· 4 days agoElla Fitzgerald made singing feel like thinking. Fitzgerald was also, observers in her lifetime mused, a “lamb,” a “pretty bird,” “an innocent with the musical capacity < ...
Composers Concordance Will Host CompCord Ensemble at Howland Cultural Center
Broadway World· 4 days agoComposers Concordance presents its fifth annual concert at the historic Howland Cultural Center on...