The music of African Americans is one of the most poetic and inescapable ... Memphis, TN Smithsonian American Art Museum Rhythmic Blues National Museum of African American History and Culture Costume ...

Sinners uses African-American blues and Irish folk music to illuminate the respective painful colonial pasts that the humans ...

Although Imani Perry has long chronicled Black life with an expansive eye, her writings since 2018 have covered an especially broad array of subjects. That year, she published a b ...

Blues, Black!, which examines the influence of African American culture on modern American society. Includes scenes of Dr. Angelou discussing the function of music in Africa (used to communicate ...

Rhythm and Blues wasn ... on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores how R&B artists used their music to challenge injustice, inspire activism, and uplift communities during one of ...

In 1920 she made history as the first African-American artist ... “the ambassador who brought his all-American music to the world”. Like jazz, the blues is truly an “all-American music ...

B AY COUNTY, Fla. – “Florida’s Got the Blues,” is a traveling exhibit that examines the influence the blues had on the music community, the African American community, and of course Florida.

Jazz continues to evolve from its roots in African American music and is now a global style. Contemporary groups such as Snarky Puppy have pushed the boundaries of jazz in new directions using ...

Each of the museum's galleries focuses on how African American music changed through ... "Crossroads" gallery showcases the emergence of blues music. The "A Love Supreme" gallery teaches ...

The Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival features 13 folk musicians playing a variety of music from the early to mid-1900s, including blues, bluegrass, folk, and gospel. The festival ...