While lutes and stringed instruments have been staples in cultures from around the world for thousands of years, the origins ...

Macon, Georgia, is where Little Richard was born. It's also where Black Broadway and Southern rock came together and made ...

Debuting on May 10 and remaining on display throughout the summer, the 2,500-square-foot exhibition will open in Nashville ...

Anthony Davis blends jazz and truth to reshape opera with stories from Black history and powerful modern themes.

Philadelphia, Pa -- This Philadelphia record shop is pressing play on the history of African American culture and music. SOOK ...

The May 2 event at the Gantt Center in uptown and features a red carpet, rotating runway and interactive panel.

Decades before Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, these Black musicians were fighting discrimination and ...

Politics may be the foundation of the nation’s capital, but culture is what makes the district shine. Meet three local ...

The power and prolific nature of Black music displayed in "Sinners" is a reminder that Black history didn’t start with our ...

This African American musician from Los Angeles is a rising star in Southern California’s regional Mexican music scene.

"In order to understand the history of the banjo and the history of bluegrass music," she told ... comes from multiple ...

(Womock calls his "Black popular music": funk, soul, R&B, hiphop.) Cooper is a five-time Emmy award winner and directs IU's Archives of African American Music and Culture. In addition, he is an ...