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The Savannah Music Festival celebrates global roots music; those roots lead back to Africa
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAlthough birthed out of the experiences of enslaved and freed Blacks, Negro Spirituals are sung and...
Spiritual experience: 'Jubilee' a story of thriving with a cappella music
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoReal history and amazing songs blend in Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s new production of “Jubilee,”...
‘Feel your soul move’: Former Chapel Hill mayor Howard Lee to sing spirituals at event
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoFormer Chapel Hill mayor Howard Lee and his daughter, Angela Lee, will lead an event this Sunday to...
House Music Is Back. Let's Remember Its Roots.
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFirst things first, house music is Black queer music. A vehicle used to transcend earthly troubles and a soundtrack for the disappearing of bodies on...
Check out Max B's new visual for "Lemonade"
Revolt via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMax B/Lemonade On Friday (Jan. 6), French Montana unveiled the sixth installment of his Coke Boys series, a 20-song offering that boasts assists from...
How my mother helped integrate choirs and achieve Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDuring segregation, music often informed, strengthened and soothed events of the Civil Rights...
After 50 years, the Brazeal Dennard Chorale's musical mission is still going strong
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRosilyn Stearnes-Brown knows a thing or two about greatness. At the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in...
What's Happening: Florida Emancipation Day Celebration, Sun Country recital and more
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMAY 20 FLORIDA EMANCIPATION DAY CELEBRATION: Celebrate Florida Emancipation Day at the Cotton Club...
Look Back ... to an Annistonian's friendship with a king, 1999
The Anniston Star, Ala. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 13—Feb. 13, 1949, in The Star: According to a regular weekly column, "Activities of Colored People of Anniston," we learn that at the 12th Street School, "Negro History Week was celebrated ...
Santigold Returns to Punk Roots in New Video for ‘Fall First’
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSantigold returns to her punk roots in the new visual for “Fall First,” the closing track on the...