Words are just part of telling a great story. In the 10 years that we have put out The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Black History Month series, we also paid close attention to how we told these ...

While traveling through the South collecting music for the Library of Congress, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax ventured onto ...

The New World Symphony launched “I Dream a World” in 2022 serves also as a platform to encourage dialogue about the enduring ...

Coming off of their new tour announcement, The Black Keys have given fans some brand new music to go along with it: a brand ...

February marks Black History Month—a reminder that Black musicians and their talent are a key pillar of music history, and the industry, all year round. As a mixed-race Black woman myself, I think ...

On Sunday mornings, during worship at a Black church, the sign language interpreter is often the most animated person in the room. Their spirited machinations include hands flying, bodies swaying, and ...

Read about Holocaust survivor Felix Brinkmann, who escaped death in gas chambers, became a popular New York City disco owner ...

I want to introduce you to some new recordings you’ll be hearing this month: One of the things you have probably heard us ...

AfroFuture Detroit blends Afrobeats and Amapiano with the familiar sounds of Motown and Techno. This sonic journey roots itself in the city’s musical DNA. It honors the rhythms that have defined ...

Somewhere Adele may have been crying Sunday night, though we know for sure that Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish shed ...

For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel ...

For much of my life, country music felt like a locked door — a mysterious place that invited no one who looked like me. It seemed firmly rooted in a different world, one sprinkled with images of ...