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

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

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 ...

Saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins’ multi-media work, Blues Blood, marries nostalgia with concepts of ancestry, all ...

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 ...

Like most music, the blues was not a sudden spontaneous inspiration. Rather, it is a progression of musical styles that ...

The Mississippi River moved and shaped jazz, delta blues and more. From local coverage to the presidential race, MinnPost's ...

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 ...

New novel captures a legendary bluesman at an early midlife crossroads, well before the myth — that he sold his soul to the ...

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

A solo exhibition of the poet and visual artist Ted Joans is a mostly fitting tribute to an artistic visionary.