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History Worth Knowing: Here Are 10 Facts About Black Music History
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI'm celebrating my favorite Black artists this month — streaming and repurchasing their singles and...
Exhibit meant to inspire viewers to dig deeper into the blues’ rich history
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoForty colorful folk-art style illustrations of many of the 20th century’s giants of the blues, as...
How music can boost African economies and increase regional integration
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoBefore there was jazz, soul, R&B, rock, or hip hop, there was the beat of African drums. All 8...
Grammy and Tony Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater to star in Ella Fitzgerald musical developed by...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe life and times of the First Lady of Song has been turned into a musical — with a powerhouse team developing it for Broadway. Acclaimed playwright, author and actress Anna Deavere Smith has ...
Experimental rock to Indie-pop, seven must-see acts at the 2024 Mission Creek Festival
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoThe Bay Area's experimental rock and the South's rhythmic beats are coming to Iowa City. Mission...
Inside Betty Who’s Broadway Role of a Lifetime
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTo fans of Betty Who, the queer Australian pop star is one of the music industry’s best-kept secrets — a whirlwind of Eighties pop and synth influences...
Great blues with cool views, but small crowd, as Highmark Stadium music festival begins
Beaver County Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPITTSBURGH − From a musical standpoint, the Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival kicked off Wednesday in stellar fashion. Grammy Award-winning blues fusion artists Fantastic Negrito and Ranky ...
Cecilio Negrón, De La Buena co-founder and Milwaukee music teacher, dies at 47
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe first time she saw percussionist Cecilio Negrón Jr. teach children music, Meaghan Heinrich said...
The evolution of sampling in hip-hop, from The Sugarhill Gang to A Tribe Called Quest
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDJ Grandmaster Flash stands behind a DJ table spinning recordsDavid Corio/Redferns Sampling...
Jonathan Shank’s ‘The Jam’ Podcast Connects The Dead to a New Audience: ‘We Live in a Golden Age’
Billboard via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoFew Millennials can boast of having seen the late Jerry Garcia live in concert and yet no generation...