The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) is set to hold its inaugural awards gala on Saturday, Oct. 5, in ...

Tetrarch guitarist Diamond Rowe has just become the first African American woman in heavy music to have her own signature ...

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 ...

As Grammy voting begins, the Recording Academy has added more than 3,000 female members in five years, and its diversity is ...

Many Black artists were denied ‘compensation, control and credit for their creations,’ says legal scholar Kevin Greene.

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 ...

Seattle Opera's "Jubilee" tells the story of early members of Fisk University's Jubilee Singers, who spread their influential music around the world.

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 ...

Goines taught music and directed the choir at the Shenandoah Valley ... A free-will offering will be collected during the ...

The city of Nashville embodies more than just country music, and nowhere is this more apparent than at the National Museum of African American Music. Opened in 2021, the museum aims to educate ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The 42nd Annual African Street Festival is underway this weekend. The event, hosted by the African ...