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

An Afromodernism festival at the New York Philharmonic shines a light on Black artists, who are vastly underrepresented in ...

The music industry wouldn't be what it is today ... "I'm thinking of the rights of African American artists, composers, performers and the like, because they were deprived of … compensation ...

American artists filled what the radio stations played ... In recent years, Afrobeats, a genre of African music from the continent’s western region that blends elements of electronic, dance ...

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

Archie Shepp’s music accompanies the exhibition ... King and a shift in the consciousness of a lot of African American activists and artists to Black Power,” Tillet explains.

How Black artists helped make country music what it is today How Black artists helped make country music what it is today ...

2021 should be another bumper year for African music. We've taken a look ... He is also leading the pack of new school artists from Nigeria and has worked with American singer and rapper 6lack.