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Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, and Robert Cray got together for Showdown! – a bona-fide blues classic, and, as Cray tells ...
Explore how 9 influential Black musicians including Louis Armstrong, Michael Jackson, and Prince changed music history ...
It has roots deeply embedded in the Black experience. Blues has long been a powerful expression of the struggles, joys and ...
There was something about her body, but Mexican actress Eréndira Castorela couldn’t quite put her finger on it. Some casting ...
"Sinners" director Ryan Coogler comes down to Clarksdale, Miss., to host a series of special series of film that's based off ...
These women have largely been forgotten, until now. The lesser-known figures who powered the Civil Rights Movement are the subject of a brand-new opera, set to make its world premiere next week in ...
In her early 40s she moved to Memphis and switched to the blues. Danny Clinch It’s ... “the influence of African-American music has been so strong in American society. But the musicians ...
Entitled "Explorations in the City of Light: African-American Artists in Paris, 1945-65," the show presents 70 paintings and sculptures by seven artists, all of whom worked in France after the end ...
On view right now at the Southampton Cultural Center is “Chasing the Blues” a selection of work by a group of artists who paint together on Thursdays at the center. The artists challenge one ...
At the same time, most Black Americans were enjoying the benefits of what some now call a hallmark of “white privilege” — a two-parent home. The gap between white and Black earnings was closing as ...
These two join a lineup of other talented artists helping to celebrate the next American Idol. Franklin showed off his best dance moves while Hill sang his heart out. Throughout the performance ...
For 15 years, Historic St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Baltimore’s Oliver Street community has recognized the quiet power and perseverance of Black Catholic women whose contributions often ...