Damian Goggans' performances of "14 Etudes on The Music of Black Americans" connect audiences to the rich history of ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation beginning in 1979.

black music in the twentieth-century has never held a monopoly on these musical practices. For instance, the era American historians call "antebellum" (roughly 1815-1861) holds much of interest to ...

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments explores the distinctly African-American sound of the "Golden Age of Gospel" (1945-1975). The series celebrates this fertile musical period in American history ...

Music business 101 ... According to a study by the League of American Orchestras in 2023, Black people represented 2.4% of musicians in surveyed orchestras. Despite that dearth, Worthington ...

The Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame’s call to action! Much has been said and documented about the evolution of black music in America, so I won’t go into much detail about it. Today, artists of ...

Welcome to Hidden Voices! This project seeks to explore, document and make public the piano music currently held in the Walker-Hill Collection at the American Music Research Center at CU Boulder. The ...

Jackson does see Johnson’s music as a precursor of jazz ... No one had any idea how Europeans would respond to Black American musicians. When they got to London, Johnson rented a performance ...

April 13, 2025 • On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Dr. Louis Moore, professor of History at Grand Valley State University and ...