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The lyrics to ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ and James Weldon Johnson on how it came to be
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoI wrote the words and he wrote the music. Our New York publisher, Edward […] The post The lyrics to...
‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’: A Musical Monument to Freedom
The Wall Street Journal· 7 days agoThe song, first performed in 1900 and known as the black national anthem, is an eloquent, optimistic...
Watch: Top 12 Black anthem songs
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe song went to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart. It’s seen a reemergence recently with a new generation of fans enjoying every lyric....
Country Stars Bring Southern Accents to Tom Petty Tribute: ‘The Big Thing Was Credibility’
Billboard via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“That’s where Adria was critical. She’s a great protector of her father’s work...in your own image,”...
‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ review: The most fun you’ll have at the theater this summer
NY Post via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoFor proud lovers of this score — count me among you — every note is played and occasionally enhanced...
3 Central Virginia communities offer 3 different ways to celebrate Juneteenth
The Daily Progress· 6 days agoJuneteenth will be observed next Wednesday, but events in Charlottesville, Orange County and Nelson...
Andra Day to Play 'CHERITH Tour' Across North America
Broadway World· 4 days agoThis jaunt kicks off on August 9 in Atlanta, GA, at Variety Playhouse, visits major markets such as...
MSU's Juneteenth Commemorative Celebration honors community, African American culture - The State...
The State News· 6 days agoMichigan State University has held a Juneteenth celebration event since it became a federal holiday...
She sang for 'El Chapo.' Now the cartel kingpin's lawyer wants to be a ranchera star
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoMariel Colón had just finished law school and was waiting for the results of the bar exam when she...
Singer Paris Paloma interrogates the myth of femininity
Washington Post· 2 days agoIn the folk ballad, Paloma sings: “All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid/ Nymph then a virgin,...