Discover how Black musicians are revolutionizing modern music, from pioneering new genres to influencing global trends.

“Oh, he would hate it,” says Nix, a 52-year-old writer in Texas and McCormick ... during the 1950s and ’60s searching for Black blues musicians they felt had been overlooked.

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

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired ... wiping out the old order. The flood wiped out the crops in the areas it devastated, so any black sharecroppers in that area knew ...

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 ...

Unknown relative of Robert Johnson1 It was an old story ... to Skip James's '22-20 Blues'. Johnson merely upped the calibre of the shotgun), but Johnson was the first artist to consciously ...

stepped instantly from us cowering bystanders to a wild-eyed black ... musicians for an underwater ballet; Kris’s backup band, four tranquil, clear-eyed country or mountain boys with faces like ...

A marriage of blues, country, Black gospel music ... some of your favorite artists! This talented writer is also a podcast ...

Chicago is celebrated as a hub of the blues ... Black venues like the Eldorado Ballroom (which has recently been refurbished and reopened) and Club Matinee faltered as musicians and fans spread ...

Co-led by Chicago blues vocalist and songwriter Oscar Wilson, and Madison, Wisconsin-based songwriter, harmonicist and singer Joe Nosek, the two play masterfully raw and old-school ensemble blues.

Record labels and awards ceremonies stopped using the loaded term "urban" to describe music of black origin, and artists like The ... later spoke to the 63-year-old, announcing they had shared ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired ... wiping out the old order. The flood wiped out the crops in the areas it devastated, so any black sharecroppers in that area knew ...