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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· 6 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,”...
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...
She sang for 'El Chapo.' Now the cartel kingpin's lawyer wants to be a ranchera star
Los Angeles Times· 20 hours agoMariel Colón had just finished law school and was waiting for the results of the bar exam when she...
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...
Celebrating John Wetton’s “Extraordinary Life”
Princeton Town Topics· 2 days agoLess than a week before Father’s Day, my son and I are talking about the time he fell off the sofa dancing around to Asia’s “Heat of the Moment.” In fact, when Wetton sings, the whole world ...
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,...
