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What's New at WGCU: ‘Gospel’ examines the history and present of Black religious music
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 3 months ago“Gospel,” a four-hour docuseries, airs on WGCU PBS and explores the rich history of Black...
Music of Charles Henry Pace, one of the first Black gospel music composers, rediscovered
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoThe 14 crates sat for more than two decades before Lynch, who also is the project’s coordinator with...
Mempho Music Fest brings The Black Crowes, My Morning Jacket, more to Botanic Garden
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMempho Music Festival returns this week, with the sixth edition of the fall concert event set for...
Celebrate Black History Month with Your Kids—and These Picture Books
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCelebrate Black History Month with Picture Books Hearst Owned In 1926, Black historian Carter G....
Opinion: Juneteenth is more than song and dance. It's about history.
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJune 19, 1865, is the day enslaved African Americans in Confederate Galveston, Texas, learned that...
Faith: Celebrate Veterans Day, a sacred holiday with sounds of jazz
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTwo holidays converge this forthcoming Nov. 11 — one sacred, one secular. Martinmas is the feast day...
'She never sold out': Lt. Governor Oliver praised for breaking barriers at Newark funeral
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNEWARK — She showed up, stood up, spoke up, and she didn’t back down. New Jersey bid farewell...
Keith Richards and Eric Clapton worshipped her solos, and Elvis idolized her sound: how Sister...
Guitar World via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSister Rosetta Tharpe Rosetta Nubin was born on 20 March 1915 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, a small...
A historic Black church's new gospel in Oakland: Fight the high housing costs
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn West Oakland, a church wages a fight against rising housing prices and homelessness, in what is...
Memphis composer marks milestone with hometown world premiere of Harriet Tubman piece
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoThe large-scale musical compositions of Earnestine Rodgers Robinson have debuted in Carnegie Hall...