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The fellowship offers $12,500, performance opportunities and community engagement for emerging Black women and nonbinary jazz ...
In Seattle, two local radio shows on Daybreak Star Radio and KEXP, are joining the efforts to illuminate and celebrate the ...
From a 6 000-person event to a fully black-owned cultural phenomenon attracting 32,000 jazz lovers, discover how the Cape ...
From a 6 000-person event to a fully black-owned cultural phenomenon attracting 32,000 jazz lovers, discover how the Cape ...
Other audio selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved for future generations include recordings by Chicago, Miles ...
While music is a subjective art form, here are 12 of the best love songs of all time by Black women, celebrating their ...
A drummer, a DJ-producer and an orchestra director discuss the challenges for Black artists, how things are changing and increasing access to the arts ...
Exploring the incredible legacy left by the defiant performer and songwriter Nina Simone, particularly her 1966 song 'Four Women', which typified the era.
Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte are among those featured – both actors who advocated for civil rights and racial justice, but laid the groundwork for Black actors and artists. Oscar winner ...
The Washington Women in Jazz Festival was founded to give women and nonbinary people a place to showcase talents in an ...
As Women’s History Month comes to an end, I’ve been reflecting on ways to honor Black women. We often see and admire them in ways that are left unspoken or that aren’t amplified nearly ...