Public Enemy, Andra Day, Anthony Hamilton Perform at Black Music Action Coalition’s Restore & Rebuild LA Fundraiser
Public Enemy, Andra Day and Anthony Hamilton were on hand to perform at the Black Music Action Coalition's Restore & Rebuild ...
Questlove’s ‘Sly Lives!’ Shows How Black Artists Are Both Geniuses and Everyday People
But Questlove unexpectedly leans heavier on his title’s parenthetical addendum in order to illuminate some deeper truths ...
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One of the Oldest Surviving Operas by a Black American Composer Will Be Performed for the First Time—138 Years After It Was Written
Edmond Dédé's 1887 magnum opus "Morgiane"—billed as "the most important opera never heard"—will finally get its premiere ...
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: African spirit and culture shaped American music and instruments
Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...
After 138 years, Black American opera composer Edmond Dédé‘s masterpiece makes its debut
After 138 years, a lost opera by the Black American composer Edmond Dédé finally gets its world premiere — and a performance ...
Her Campus on MSN4h
I Thought Country Music Wasn’t For Me — Until Black Artists Proved Me Wrong
For much of my life, country music felt like a locked door — a mysterious place that invited no one who looked like me. It seemed firmly rooted in a different world, one sprinkled with images of ...
Found: A Manuscript That Unlocks a Forgotten Black Composer’s World
Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American ...
‘Move Ya Body’ Review: Doc Doesn’t Definitively Answer Its ‘Birth of House Music’ Claim
While interesting, Elegance Bratton’s documentary falls short of being the definitive voice on Chicago’s role in house music ...
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Upcoming Showcase at Bop Stop Demonstrates Range of Local Black Musicians
Last year, local instrumentalist//composer Robin Blake, who performs and records as Hyperius Blake, hosted a tribute to the late MF Doom at Crobar. A catalyst for the local music scene, Blake ...
Billboard on MSN10d
Flavor Flav Launches Fundraiser for Black Families Displaced by Wildfires: ‘Let’s Make L.A. Strong, Baby’
Flavor Flav has launched a fundraiser supporting Black families displaced by the Los Angeles wildfires. Get the details.
The Record, Bergen County on MSN11d
How music stars, movie stars and pop culture helped spread MLK's message
How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his ...
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Charlotte choir mixes trap and jazz in a celebration of Black music
A festival aimed at amplifying Black music and artists, returns to Charlotte. The annual Black Notes Project will make its ...