Today, keyboardist-vocalist Jordan is the sole remaining original member in War, but he’ll be joining the band’s three other surviving founders, Howard E. Scott (guitar, vocals), Harold Ray Brown ...

Tom Waits’ go-to guitarist on his journey through blues, punk, jazz and beyond: “The musicians are caught up in a ritual” ...

Knoxville's rich music history rivals that of Memphis and Nashville, with legends like Howard Armstrong and Louis Armstrong ...

Country is a product of our sonic melting pot and these Black artists are reclaiming the genre for the next gen of musicians ...

The community effort and attention around “Sinners,” a blockbuster horror movie, became an opportunity to talk about ...

Hearns said some musicians even turned to the community for help with their sets. When pros like Ray Charles and Ella ...

This episode of The String is a field report from the city that raised me in the 1970s and 80s and gave me my foundation in ...

The year is 1932 in Mississippi and twin brothers Smoke and Stack, played by Michael B. Jordan, return home to begin a juke ...

Explore how 9 influential Black musicians including Louis Armstrong, Michael Jackson, and Prince changed music history through innovation and cultural impact.

It has roots deeply embedded in the Black experience. Blues has long been a powerful expression of the struggles, joys and ...

"African American history has always suffered from neglect. But currently it is under attack. The assault comes from two ...

Words by Za'Nya Davis If you miss it, you might only catch a vampire story — paying closer attention, you will find Ryan Coolger’s “Sinners” is a strategically constructed film that uses every aspect ...