Local country artist Michael Warren credits Black people for creating the music so many people love and enjoy today. "Black music has influenced every ...

Fleming focused mostly on gospel music, one of five native genres of African American music; the others are blues, jazz, rhythm and blues (R&B) and hip-hop music (including rap and breakdancing), ...

B lues music is a soulful genre. It has roots deeply embedded in the Black experience. Blues has long been a powerful expression of the struggles, joys and resilience of Black life in America.

The blues, born from the African-American experience, has long been a powerful vehicle for expressing life’s joys and sorrows. With its distinctive chord progressions and emotional depth, the ...

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 Americ… ...

Dyana Williams, Kenny Gamble and Ed Wright founded Black Music Month in June 1979. Also known as African American music ...

Blues music began in African American communities in the southern United States during the late 1800s. It grew from work songs, spirituals, and folk music, expressing the hardships and emotions of ...

PLAY Episode Date: March 27, 2025 Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a genre—it was a powerful force in the fight for civil rights. In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and ...

Sinners uses African-American blues and Irish folk music to illuminate the respective painful colonial pasts that the humans and their vampire foes both share. IGN recently interviewed filmmaker ...

Master percussionist Chief Baba Neil Clarke explained that African musical traditions — which included African instruments and aesthetics — significantly shaped American music and led to the ...