WELL, JUNE IS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC APPRECIATION MONTH, AND IT’S TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE CONTRIBUTION BLACK ...

Discover 7 essential Black Music Month festivals this June celebrating jazz, gospel, hip-hop and R&B across North Carolina, ...

Bradley Simmons, instructor of West African percussion at Duke University for nearly three decades, died at 72 on May 22.

The Buffalo Sabres are proud to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth. Scroll below for the history of the holiday, community ...

Casablanca will emulate the music-filled streets of New Orleans this weekend for CasaNola, a dreamy and soulful jazz festival ...

WKAR joins the City of East Lansing for the 29th annual Summer Solstice Jazz Festival, a free, family-friendly celebration of ...

Rhiannon Giddens is the the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera composer who played banjo and viola on Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” ...

Across North Jersey, Juneteenth is being celebrated with various events, from the release of a new report on reparations to a ...

On June 14, master percussionist Chief Baba Neil Clarke pays homage to his longtime friend and bandleader pianist NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston, at Sista’s Place ( 456 Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn). Two ...

Juneteenth is a holiday celebrated on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Also called ...

The role of music is significantly emphasised when considering the sociocultural development of the Black Community against the backdrop of important historical events. If music has had such a ...