(Photo by Anna Webber/Getty Images for National Museum Of African American Music) – Credit: Photo Anna Webber / Getty Images When you listen to different forms of Black music, you can often hear ...

there has been an increased interest in Country music and its roots in Southern culture, as well as Black Rodeo culture. Images and accurate representation matter, and Black Western films are a ...

Black country, folk and blues musicians have always been vital to the genres' very American, very long legacies. The all-powerful Beyoncé, with her latest album, "Cowboy Carter," has shined a ...

Black Alley was also hand-selected to perform at the inaugural South By South Lawn Festival held at the White House and spearheaded by former President Barack Obama. -- Music Projects, Press and ...

Although the environment at the company still skewed toward white dominance, her arrival was seen as an opportunity to address the marketing needs of the label’s Black artists. There is a need ...

Motown made some demonstrable gains for Black musicians, despite the practice of grooming artists with fashion, style and manners that would appeal not just to Black audiences but to white ...

Ryder Beer just released his second single “One That Got Away“! The 22-year-old musician dropped the song and music video on Friday (October 25), nearly a year since his debut single “Can ...

Dr. Matthew White is an Assistant Professor of Music at Coastal Carolina University. White holds a BM in Jazz Studies from the University of North Florida and an MMA and DMA in Studio Music and Jazz ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation beginning in 1979.