And in the 1890s, a large number of itinerant piano players, led principally by Scott Joplin from Texarkana, Texas, revolutionized the world of American popular music with ragtime. During the ...

The listening charts throughout American Popular Music give examples of what to look for in specific songs, but not an overview of general concepts that can be applied to any song. Understanding some ...

These collections document the legacy of Alton Glenn Miller (1904-1944), American popular music icon and alum of the University of Colorado Boulder. The GMC encompasses many thousands of audio ...

In late 1971, a track with a very distinctive rhythm section reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Isaac Hayes’s “Theme from Shaft”—and its rat-a-tat, sixteenth-note high-hat cymbals ...

While the Trump administration continues to make cuts to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, there is no word yet on ...

Despite the clear impact of African American musical heritage on American popular music, and the wide array of talented and popular African American musical artists, African American musicians and ...