Black Music Month reached its 45th year in 2024. How the month came into existence as well as it initial purpose is Black ...

Merging jazz, funk and spoken word with sharp social critique, it felt less like a traditional record and more like a movement, compelling rap and mainstream audiences alike to confront themes of ...

Jazz singer Peggy King is 95. Actor William Katt (“Greatest American Hero”) is 74. Actor LeVar Burton is 68. Rapper-actor Ice ...

Super Bowl LIX is upon us and rapper Kendrick Lamar will headline the halftime show with special guest SZA. This marks the ...

Live jazz music – The Mendocino Jazz Society hosts a weekly jazz session. All ages, 6-9 p.m., no cover (food or drink ...

The artists, both Louisiana natives, performed shortly before kickoff at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

To many, composed music and improvised music seem to be opposites, but in jazz, they merge in a unique fashion. It has been said that the best improvised music sounds composed, and that the best ...

The Fisk Jubilee Singers saved their university from financial ruin with a historic international tour in the 1870s. Etta ...

In the days leading up to his Super Bowl halftime performance, Kendrick Lamar opened up on his career in a rare interview. “A ...

Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat. It wasn’t even close. DeJean got a ...

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