Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, ...

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 ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues.

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 ...

The blues-inflected musician’s new album fuses well-wrought songs with the hiss and crackle of deliberately distorted ...

As Kendrick Lamar prepares for the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans, he'll have several tough acts to follow from previous years.

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.

Questlove’s Oscar-winning documentary about the festival illustrated how the sonic diversity of the lineup was partly a microcosm for the big-tent nature of late-1960s Black consciousness. Gospel, ...

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