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 ...

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 ...

accusing me of focusing on too much on race in country music as they mention one of the handful of Black men who have achieved mainstream success over the genre’s history. (They will not mention ...

Boys attending Bruce Elementary School in Macon, Georgia will be able to take part in the inaugural program. The 100 Black Men organization has started its own Boy Scouts troop, providing ...

August 11, 2024 • Columbus Mann and the Gospel Outreach Choir of the Pentecostal COGIC of Inkster, Michigan, Jesus Never Fails LP features the blistering seven-minute vamp, "Blind Old Satan." ...

Johnson is part of the Leading Men Fellowship, which trains young Black and Latino men to become early literacy instructors in preschool classrooms across the country. It’s a program that aims to ...

Today in Music History for Oct. 20: ...

It may not be as big or run as long as its visual arts sibling, but the Music Biennale includes a wealth of commissions and ...

Here are the 10 best black metal love songs! Musical bigots have claimed that black metal is the least romantic genre of them all, the ideal repellent to potential love interests. Yet, with all ...

Black Lives In Music has launched a new Anti-Racism Code Of Conduct for the music industry described as a “game-changing initiative” that aims to “create a future where equity is the ...

Her classmates on the call ‒ fellow members of a pilot program at Harvard ... first time a group of Black women ‒ loudly and unapologetically – had burst out in song in the ornate Harvard ...