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Country Music’s Black History
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThose two Black female instrumentalists—they didn’t sing—were very influential in American music. People studied Libba Cotten’s guitar style. A lot of...
Parsing an eight-decade legacy of praise and song
Washington Post· 5 hours agoWhen the Blind Boys of Alabama take the stage, audiences get more than beautiful gospel singing, they get a glimpse of living history. Emphasis on...
Jon Lampley, a veteran of Stephen Colbert's talk show, releases his debut album
NPR· 5 days agoSo I try to bring that gratitude into every song that I write and the way that I perform. A lot of...RASCOE: So, June is African American Music Appreciation ...
After 3 decades of darkness, Michigan Central Station reopens with epic celebration
Detroit Free Press· 5 hours agoEminem was not listed as a performer in advance, though he was an executive producer for the show,...
PR Veterans Bill Carpenter and Gwendolyn Quinn Celebrate Black Music Month with ‘Black Music Month...
EURweb· 5 days agoMusic. To listen to “Gwendolyn & Bill’s 45th Black Music Month Super Playlist” on Spotify...
The Song of the Summer Is Actually the Song of 1982
Slate via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 1980 one song by Tom Browne, a trumpeter who moonlighted as an airline pilot, called “Funkin’ for Jamaica...synthesized elements tangoing with...
Black Music Month: First Black Musician to Ever….
Black America Web· 3 days agoWhile having an intricate journey, Black Music broke barriers in order to be heard and bring such value to the art form.
Hidden Gems: ‘From Almeda to Zilphia: Arkansas Women Who Transformed American Popular Song’ |...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 5 days agoAmong Arkansas's women in music are Maya Angelou and her lesser-known time as a Calypso singer,...
Railbird review: Noah Kahan, Chris Stapleton take music festival by storm
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHowever, a rendition of “68,” a song that gave his music career life when he was ready to call it...
Review: THE JAZZ STYLIST OF THE 'INCOMPARABLE SAMARA JOY' at Belk Theater
Broadway World· 1 day agoSeriously, I witnessed the melodic reincarnation of some of the Greats…Nancy Wilson, Ella...