Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

Every seat in the Missouri History Museum’s Lee Auditorium was filled Friday night for a gathering that honored the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by celebrating Blackness through the lens ...

A presentation of African American spirituals will be presented to the gifted students at Belpre Elementary School on ...

Celebrate Black History Month 2026 across the Bay Area with live jazz, art exhibitions, theater, film screenings and ...

Black Music Heritage Night, presented by Nissan, will take place as the Preds host the Buffalo Sabres, and the Music Heritage ...

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 ...

The National Museum of African American Music hosts a free Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration with The BoykinZ, civil ...

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 ...

Music swelled inside the atrium of the California African American Museum on Monday as roughly 100 museum visitors held hands ...

A vital part of our Nation’s proud heritage, African-American music exemplifies the creative spirit at the heart of American identity and is among the most innovative and powerful art the world has ...

This quick study on the impact that African Americans made and continue to make on America's musical landscape focuses on Elvis Presley. While Elvis was a phenomenal commercial success, there were ...

The association of movement and music as a manifestation of a Black conceptual approach to music-making / Olly Wilson -- West African influences and retentions in U.S. Black music : a sociocultural ...