American music, at its core, is inseparable from a history defined by reinvention, resilience, and Black artists.
Jazz helped reshape the visual arts. Artists like Romare Bearden and Jackson Pollock translated jazz's energy, rhythm, and ...
From country-western, which draws upon banjo music from Africa ... musicians to write ragtime music, a style of syncopated ...
The Virginia Arts Festival’s two recent offerings, the Soweto Gospel Choir, back in Norfolk for a third time, and the American dance company Step Afrika (born of a partnership with Soweto Dance ...
TRANSCRIPTS: I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Toni Morrison, one of America’s greatest novelists, often turned to ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s "Mother Africa" season continued last weekend with two concerts featuring South African musicians Nduduzo Makhathini and Vuyo Sotashe.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Several metro musicians recently traveled across the world to share one of Kansas City’s pastimes. A group of well-known Kansas City jazz musicians were selected to go on a ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 13th annual Eastside Kings Festival is set for this weekend. More than 20 bands and artists will play across five venues in historic east Austin on Saturday and Sunday. Eastside ...
As economic uncertainty pushes many to seek new ways to grow their income, a growing number of Miami residents are turning to cryptocurrency. For some, it's not just an investment — it's a ...
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“Spinners,” the South African extreme sports action drama, is returning for a second season that brings back the creators, writers and cast of the hit drama set in Cape Town. Co-produced by African ...
Before Jon Copaken was principal of major Kansas City development company Copaken Brooks, he was a jazz-loving college student. Copaken and his longtime best friend, Ted Burns, would spend their ...