Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds ... The fraught background of toile de Jouy, the printed fabric whose scenes long depicted only the white experience, has been well ...

The first thing that you have to accept when you write a book about early blues music, Dr. Gregg Kimball says, is that you’ll never solve the mystery of it all. “We just dont ...

She became the second Black woman to host a TV variety show. “The Hazel Scott Show,” a mix of jazz, classical, boogie-woogie and blues music ... array of Black and white entertainers, from ...

Young black teenagers originally danced the Lindy Hop on the streets of Harlem for money, similar to breakdancing in the 1980s. White ... blues is pure hipness. It wasn’t just the contribution ...

“Black people sing the blues,” she writes, recalling her grandmother. “She did. I do. Our children too.” This is not to say “Black in Blues” is about music, although that’s part of i ...

As the show gears up to celebrate its milestone, here are 12 moments over the past five decades when the show didn't just reflect pop culture — it drove it.

The Black Cat, also known as Dwight Carrier, has a unique style that uses his zydeco, blues, country and R&B influences. The Motet is a six-piece band that has been playing together for 20 years.

The history of the disco band is littered with lineup changes, legal issues, and music vibe shifts, but it's the association ...

In her new book, Black in Blues ... musicians have been talking about a blues scale … and that's actually just a wonderful example because the addition of the blue note to the sound of American music ...

Marvin Gaye, 'Inner City Blues (Make Me Holler)' (1971 ... Brooklyn art-rock legends TV on the Radio. The music video offsets black-and-white footage of 20th-century protests with full-color ...