The National Museum of African American Music, or NMAAM, is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many ...
A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday ...
The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation beginning in 1979.
The African American folk singer and songwriter had decades-long career as a children's entertainer, and made a global impact ...
Lauterbach (The Chitlin’ Circuit) spotlights innovative Black musicians who influenced a young Elvis in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Among them were Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, who wrote and ...
The legendary American musician Quincy Jones, a revolutionary producer who changed African American music, died at the age of ...
From Chicago’s south side to global influence Growing up surrounded by the rich musical traditions of Chicago‘s African American community, Jenkins developed a distinctive style that would ...
Carter's political and cultural impact will be studied in a new college course coming to Yale University next year.
Black Radical Tradition, Culture, Theory & Politics Through Music,” the one-credit class will focus on the period from her ...