Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites American ...

Everybody loves the blues in some capacity. This genre of soulful music can be traced back to the 1860s in the Deep South. The origins of the blues started with African-American musicians who created ...

This quick study on the impact that African Americans made and continue to make on America's musical landscape focuses on Elvis Presley. While Elvis was a phenomenal commercial success, there were ...

Editor’s note: UPMC Washington Teen Outreach recently held its 15th Black History Month Essay Contest. Here is one of the winning essays. 4.3% of America’s population consists of thriving Black ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) -As temperatures rise this summer, we’re turning up the volume on a different kind of heat — the cultural impact of Black music. June is African American Music ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Beyoncé wrangled up plenty of attention with the release of her latest album, "Cowboy Carter." Her two-step into country music further carved her name in history books as she ...

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

Elvis Presley (1935–1977) skyrocketed to fame with a sound that owed everything to lesser-known Black performers, according to this intricate history. Lauterbach (The Chitlin’ Circuit) spotlights ...

"Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. "Fugitive Science excavates this story, uncovering the dynamic scientific engagements and experiments of African American writers, performers, and other ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A groundbreaking African-American orchestra touring across the country is getting ready to make a stop in Houston later this month. Orchestra Noir's Associate Music Director ...