The African oral tradition of work chanting ... Meanwhile, the blues and the electric guitar would pave the way for Black American musicians to invent rock ‘n’ roll. By the 1970s, Black ...

The exhibition features African American musicians who visited three venues in Newcastle during the late 1950s and 1960s: ...

African American musicians and other people of color are underrepresented in many industry awards. With this in mind, these achievements are both a recognition of the awarded artist's talent and hard ...

so portraits of African American musicians, much like other markers of status that were long denied to people of color in European-controlled territories, serve as a cultural acknowledgment of their ...

Today, many award shows, labels, and streaming platforms celebrate African American musicians, honoring the legacies of those who paved the way. African American-based record labels aim to promote ...

The Chitlin Circuit was a collection of hotels, performance venues and businesses where Black musicians are artists could travel. During segregation, African-American artists couldn’t perform at ...

The International African American Museum (IAAM) is set to host "Jazz in the Garden: Featuring Charlton & Friends" on Saturday.This vibrant event will take pla ...

Most black urban musicians practiced their trade in less formal settings. African American fiddlers were popular fixtures in dance halls, where they spun out the jigs and reels that kept white ...

Here, in the 1890s, African-American musicians create a new music out of these ingredients by mixing in ragtime syncopations and the soulful feeling of the blues. Episode 2: The Gift As the ...