Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...
Despite the clear impact of African American musical heritage on American popular music, and the wide array of talented and popular African American musical artists, African American musicians and ...
These worksongs laid the foundations of what we know today as Afro-American music. In the audio clip below, the bass singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson sings "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot ...
a seven-piece string band that celebrates African-American folk music. The shared bill is meant to explore the common themes of the seemingly disparate genres. “In terms of the way these musics ...
Both free and enslaved African American people in antebellum America composed and performed music in a wide variety of styles. Like their white counterparts, they listened to and performed the ...
Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens explores the history of African American roots music through the stories of forgotten black pioneers. Show more String bands, hoedowns, square dances ...
With heavy hearts and a saddened soul, friends and family of Frankie Beverly, are mourning the music icon’s Sept ... to tell OUR Story and join the AFRO family as a member.