The National Museum of African American Music, or NMAAM, is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many ...

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 ...

A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday ...

The African American folk singer and songwriter had decades-long career as a children's entertainer, and made a global impact ...

Yale University is launching a new course in 2025 that will explore Black history and culture through the lens of Beyoncé's ...

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 ...

The legendary American musician Quincy Jones, a revolutionary producer who changed African American music, died at the age of ...

Delphia Bradley came to Idaho Falls last December to escape abuse, harassment and racism. Now she’s starting a new venture in ...

Carter's political and cultural impact will be studied in a new college course coming to Yale University next year.

From Chicago’s south side to global influence Growing up surrounded by the rich musical traditions of Chicago‘s African American community, Jenkins developed a distinctive style that would ...