Many of the world’s most popular music genres have their origins in black traditions. Western notation can’t always capture ...

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There is no American music without Black roots. From country-western, which draws upon banjo music from Africa, to rock 'n' roll—first electrified by a Black woman in 1938—every major American genre ...

Earlier this year, burgeoning British pop star Rachel Chinouriri shared a heartfelt and heartwrenching post with her followers on X. She’d just opened for Sabrina Carpenter’s European tour, meeting ...

Here’s 40 of the most influential black female singers of the 1960s and 1970s. In 2008, Rolling Stone put together a list of the “100 greatest singers of all time.” The lineup was mighty. At the 100th ...

There would be no American music as we know it without the contributions of Black artists. Since the earliest Africans were brought to the Americas in bondage beginning in the 16th century, Black ...

Scott Strickland and Poet Hawkins perform at Black Artists Rock in September Credit: Rikki Junius Scott Strickland is the kind of person who makes the changes he wants to see. Over the last two years, ...

Mon, February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC “My biggest goal was just wanting to make sure that artists of color had a platform where they could go, where they felt comfortable enough to just tell the story, ...