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The Savannah Music Festival celebrates global roots music; those roots lead back to Africa
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAlthough birthed out of the experiences of enslaved and freed Blacks, Negro Spirituals are sung and...
Pat Boone has a new country music album after 70 years of superstar pop success
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPat Boone, nearly nine-decades old, greets a Tennessean reporter while seated in a Music Row...
“We Belong In Classical Music:” Orchestra Noir Brings Black Excellence To Atlanta
VIBE via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt’s a nippy autumn afternoon in Atlanta. Maestro Jason Ikeem Rodgers is pacing about the...
Watching "The Book of Clarence" shows we've been losing our organized religion
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Book of Clarence Legendary Pictures I never heard of a biblical comedy-drama until seeing the...
Keeping the faith in a presidential election: Does it only take a song and dance to get the Black...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAs Black voters prepare for another presidential election showdown, it’s time we ask more of those...
Hip-hop and justice: Culture carries the spirit of protest, 50 years and counting
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn the early days of hip-hop, plugging turntables into a light post and converting an outdoor...
17 years later, film Hustle & Flow still captures essence of Memphis and pursuit of happiness |...
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe opening monologue of the film pulls you immediately into what will become the central themes of...
Can Dave Brubeck’s Cantata Bring Black and Jewish Communities Together?
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCourtesy of the Brubeck Collection, Wilton Library.In late February at Holman United Methodist...
The Gospel according to Lauryn: How the Scriptures influenced ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn recognition of the 25th anniversary of Lauryn Hill’s solo debut, “The Miseducation of Lauryn...