This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) -As temperatures rise this summer, we’re turning up the volume on a different kind of heat — the cultural impact of Black music. June is African American Music ...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Champaign County is honoring legacies in music, and it’s thanks to a joint collaboration to recognize and remember local talent. The Champaign County African American Heritage ...
Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...
Ann Arbor native Willis Patterson became the first Black professor at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and ...
CHARLOTTE — All day Saturday, you can enjoy food, music, dancing and more at the 12th annual Charlotte African American Festival. The Uptown event celebrates the heritage and accomplishments of ...
An African American Performance Showcase” is returning to the IU Auditorium after taking a year off to celebrate its 50th ...
Voices of praise will ring out in Cortland from two guest choirs and two SUNY Cortland ensembles during SUNY Cortland’s 30th African American Gospel Music Festival on Sunday, Nov. 1. This year’s ...
Four years ago, Debora Wondercheck was trying to process scenes of civil unrest in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor taking place nationally and in Orange County, when she ...
*Patti LaBelle, Kirk Franklin and Teddy Riley are among the artists to be honored at the National Museum of African-American Music’s (NMAAM) fourth annual Legends Luncheon in Nashville. A component of ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The National Museum of African American Music is hosting a special event during CMA Fest to highlight the diversity in country music. "BEEN COUNTRY: Black Roots and Rhythm" ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – June marks African American Music Appreciation Month, which was created by the late former President Jimmy Carter in 1979 to celebrate the African American musical influences ...