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

April Eaton sits down with Dion Brown. President and CEO of the National Museum of African American Music, and Noelle Taylor, ...

Hosting a holiday event that reflects African American culture can make the gathering feel even more special and meaningful.

While many African artists have been able to ride the wave of Afrobeats’ international popularity, some musicians are now ...

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

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 ...

Pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course next year at Yale University ...

She noted how Beyoncé has also tried to tell a story through her music about “race and gender and sexuality in the context of ...

The Americana Music Association was born at a series of meetings by roots music executives and advocates in 1999. As the AMA ...

When artistic director and composer Rhiannon Giddens brought her idea of a musical project built around the American railroad to the Grammy Award–winning musical ensemble, Silkroad, she was met with ...