On this day in Hip-Hop history, Brooklyn’s own Jay-Z released he would-be retirement album The Black Album. Although there ...

His song “Theme from Shaft” made him the first Black artist to win for Best Original Song, which also made him the first Black winner in a non-acting category. 6 of 20 Songwriters Hall of Fame ...

Unfortunately, not all sentiments expressed in songs deserve to live forever. Systemic racism has been known to work itself ...

A song doesn’t ... Until the late 30s, music hadn’t directly confronted the issues of racism and segregation in the US. Venues were segregated, with famous black musicians such as Louis ...

More than a century ago, Jelly Roll Morton was thrown out of the house by his grandmother for playing “the Devil’s music ... moment in the Black Sabbath’s history when guitarist Tony ...

Shaboozey and Reyna Roberts continue to make history after being featured on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album. The duo is set to ...

28. B-52s, “Love Shack” The music video for 1989’s “Love Shack” perfectly suits the B-52’s, one of the ‘80s most colorful and ...

Jenkins, whose signature tune was "You'll Sing A Song," received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and was known worldwide ...

I am part of a new research project, The Record Store and Black Music: A UK History, led by my colleague Dr Brona Martin, which is aiming to shine a spotlight on this legacy by documenting the ...

Not just your typical cowboy flick, “The Bronze Buckaroo” broke ground with its all-Black cast and offered a rare portrayal of Black cowboys on the big screen. Jeffries’ role brought style (and ...

August 25, 2024 • The Rev. "Singing" Sammy Lewis was dubbed the Crown Prince of Gospel for recordings like "Jesus Paid It" for Vee-Jay Records.

His songs and many of his promotional ... success over the genre’s history. (They will not mention any commercially successful Black women in country music because, excluding Beyoncé, there ...