Fans of the Canton Blues Fest were bummed when it ended a few summers ago. But the Downtown Canton Partnership is bringing back a new version.

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 ...

The Olean African American Cultural Center will hold a Music on the Porch fundraiser celebration from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 8, at 214 N. Barry St.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music with renowned choreographer Jawole Willa Jo ...

The Bessie Smith Cultural Center will present a full month of events this June celebrating African American history, culture ...

Early American banjo music is Black music, developed by enslaved Africans and rooted in Black culture through the early 1800s ...

The live music options in New Orleans this week include a free Cajun and zydeco festival and one of the most acclaimed new ...

June 5, June 6, and June 7 at 7:30pm, and June 8 at 3pm The Holy Blues, (World Premiere) by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Samantha Figgins, and Chalvar Monteiro Treading (1979, new production 2024) by Elisa ...

YOUNG, BLACK AND INDIE: Here are 26 African American indie-rock acts you should ... s a lot of genuine love for certain styles of blues music, especially as it relates to classic rock." ...

Coogler thus uses two forms of traditional music – African-American blues and Irish folk – as a way to illuminate the respective painful colonial pasts that the humans and the vampires share.

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 ...