The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter ...

Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin It is in this spirit of triumph that Native Son shines a spotlight on 13 Black queer musicians creating music across genres. 36-year-old Los Angeles-based ...

The below list of the Top 50 Hard Rock Songs of the '70s, voted on by UCR staff, reads like the ultimate classic rock radio ...

After writing New Jack Swing hits and working with Michael Jackson in the 1980s, he set out to record the music he’d always ...

Jeffrey Page's documentary, Blues People has officially been selected to be showcased during the 13th Africa International ...

Over roughly two decades, Harlem became home to Black artists, musicians, authors and socialites of all sexual stripes. In a ...

CHEYENNE — Jimmie Vaughan and his band, The Tilt-a-Whirl Band, are performing at The Lincoln this weekend along with opener Mathias Lattin. Vaughan and his crew were originally supposed to ...

The river's role as a major shipping artery and a force of nature, as well as its historical and cultural significance to the ...

The Oct. 24-26 event will feature nine overseas directors and actresses of African descent, including two who played in ...

Jones, New Orleans-based poet Carolyn Hembree, and local writers including Brooke Champagne, John Giggie, and writers from Pure Products and the Black Warrior ... local blues artist who's played ...

Do you listen to the blues or rap or hip hop? Do you eat black-eyed peas on New Year ... will include a short artist’s introduction to the exhibition and be followed in the following weeks ...

Country artists dominated many of the show’s early years, though other forms of American roots, like blues, rock ... to Johnny Cash with “Man in Black” and double-timed the song’s ...